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Hiroshige’s Views of Mount Fuji

A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of woodblock print views of Mount Fuji by Hiroshige (1797-1858) by Oliver Impey (published Oxford, 2001).

Hiroshige’s Views of Mount Fuji by Oliver Impey

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The Sea at Satta in Suruga Province

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  • Hiroshige’s Views of Mount Fuji by Oliver Impey

    Hiroshige’s Views of Mount Fuji

    The print represents a place where the Tokaido road passes close to the seacoast; a road was cut in the late seventeenth century on the cliff at the left. The design owes much to Hokusai, with the overarching wave breaking up at the top into specks of foam. The chidori, plovers or “wave-birds” are less obviously representing this foam than they are in the older artist’s designs. This is usually regarded as the masterpiece of the series.
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