Fuji Seen from Kanaya on the Tōkaidō
c. 1830–1832 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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This print

About this work
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
- Year
- c. 1830–1832
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Original size
- 25.4 × 36.8 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (impression JP1294; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Lines of porters wade through the swirling blue waves of a wide river, carrying travellers on their shoulders and palanquins and baggage on platforms above the water. On the far bank, more travellers wait by the teahouses, and Mount Fuji rises beyond the hills. The print is one of the ten additional views Hokusai added to his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, published around 1830–1832 by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō), and like the others it is printed with black outlines. Kanaya was a post town on the Tōkaidō road beside the Ōi River, which had no bridge, so travellers were carried across by porters. The patterned waves are some of Hokusai's most energetic water; impressions vary in colour and condition.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Deep blue patterned waves with a white Fuji and busy figures, for a living room, study or hallway at 24×16 in natural wood. It pairs with Kajikazawa in Kai Province for two prints of rough water.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1830–1832)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, travelers, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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