Gaifu kaisei, by Hokusai

An image of Gaifû kaisei. Hokusai, Katsushika (Japanese, 1760-1849). Colour print from woodblocks. Ôban, 253 mm x 377 mm. Signed: Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu. circa 1830-circa 1831. Japanese. Ukiyo-e. Notes: From the series Fugaku sanjû-rokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji), published by Nishimuraya Yohachi c.1830-2. It was the first major series of large-scale (ôban) landscapes in the history of Japanese print production.

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Gaifû kaisei. Hokusai, Katsushika (Japanese, 1760-1849). Colour print from woodblocks. Ôban, 253 mm x 377 mm. Signed: Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu. circa 1830-circa 1831. Japanese. Ukiyo-e. Notes: From the series Fugaku sanjû-rokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji), published by Nishimuraya Yohachi c.1830-2. It was the first major series of large-scale (ôban) landscapes in the history of Japanese print production.

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Accession Number: P.3612-R
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 691 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 851.55kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2015:12:14 16:23:45

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19th Century colour printing Fitz_PDP Hokusai Japan Japanese Katsushika Hokusai landscape Mount Fuji mountainous mountains Nishimuraya Yohachi oban print ukiyo-e woodblock woodcut

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