"Yoshida at Tōkaidō Road" from 36 views of Mt.Fuji series by Hokusai

Description : 

Yoshida at Tokaido Road features the "Fuji Viewing Teahouse," renowned for its view of Mount Fuji.
Located in Yoshida-juku, the 34th post town on the Tokaido Road, which is present-day Toyohashi.
In the painting, two traveling women sit elegantly on a veranda, listening to the teahouse proprietress explain the framed view of Mount Fuji.
A palanquin carrier, likely having transported the women, stands nearby, wiping sweat and tapping his grass sandals with a wooden mallet.
Below the signboard for "Ochitsuke" is written "Motomoto Yoshida Hokucho," indicating its status as the original establishment.

Hokusai Katsushika : 
Known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese Ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. 
He is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty six views of Mt Fuji, which includes the iconic print The Great Wave Off Kanagawa. Hokusai was instrumental in developing Ukiyo-e from a style of portraiture largely focused on courtesans and actors into a much broader style of art that focused on landscapes, plants, and animals. His works are thought to have had a significant influence on Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monete during the wave of Japonism that spread across Europe in the late 19th century.

REPRODUCTION : In the 20th century, artists and publishers collaborated to recreate famous woodblock prints, providing them to Japanese collectors and Westerners seeking rare designs.
New blocks were made, and artisan printers painstakingly printed each color using the same method as the 19th-century originals.

Limited edition lithograph
Hand-printed, numbered 180/300 on margin.
Size : 
410mm x 600mm