KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI. Groups of Mountain Climbers (Shojin tozan), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Groups of Mountain Climbers (Shojin tozan), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Groups of Mountain Climbers (Shojin tozan), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei). Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 14 5/8 in. (24.1 x 37.1 cm). Date: ca. 1830-32. Unlike the other prints from the series, which portray Mount Fuji from a distance, this image depicts the very top of the sacred mountain, with pilgrims arriving at Fuji's breathtaking summit after an exhausting climb and making their way toward the mountain's grottoes for worship.

Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Edo period (1615-1868)

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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4400 x 2897 px | 36.5 MB

37.3 x 24.5 cm | 14.7 x 9.7 in (300 dpi)