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Katsushika Hokusai, Mt. Fuji with a Smoke, Edo Period Manga - Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (1760 - 1849) Title: Mt. Fuji with a Smoke Series: One Hundred Views of Mt Fuji, Volume 3 Publisher: Toheki-do Date: 1814-1878 Size: (L) 15.7 x 22.2 cm (R) 15.8 x 22.2 cm Condition: Binding holes, minor creases, good impression in lines. This print is from the series One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, published between 1835 and 1880. Hokusai evidently had a deep connection to the mountain, which had become a place of worship and pilgrimage for ascetic Buddhists and Shinto sects alike. The series followed Hokusai's successful colour prints of thirty-six views of Mount Fuji. Though in absence of colour, the one hundred views series displays Hokusai's unique composition, sometimes challenging the viewer to spot the playfully concealed peak of Mount Fuji. The scene shows craftsmen working on a boat, sealing it underneath. Hokusai admired craftsmen and labourers through his constant inclusion of them in his art; here, Hokusai dignifies their work with Fuji overlooking them in the background. Ref: JG051665-24