Katsushika Hokusai / K'O Shuang-Sho - Les cent vues du Mont Fuji - 2011

Charming illustrated edition of this remarkable testament to the Japanese artistic genius and the central role Mount Fuji occupies in Japan's culture, spirituality and imagination -

A grand master of Japanese prints, Hokusai (1760-1849) devoted a significant part of his career to depicting this iconic mountain, whose majestic silhouette dominates landscapes and has inspired artists, poets and pilgrims for centuries -

The work reproduces the famous Fugaku hyakkei, a series of compositions conceived in the 19th century and initially published in several volumes from the 1830s, in which the painter and engraver continually renews the representation of the same subject by placing it in a wide variety of situations, environments and perspectives -

Katsushika Hokusai / K'O Shuang-Sho - The Hundred Views of Mount Fuji - 2011 - 3 bound illustration booklets - Hazan -

Very good binding condition, the work in its full soft cover and three cardboard sleeves for the illustration booklets, all in a cardboard case with ribbon binding, minimal signs of wear, good condition of boards and spine, smooth spine titled in red, beautiful engraving on the first board -

Very good interior condition, the work enriched with numerous color engravings by K'O Shuang-Sho, endpapers immaculate, interior fresh, a fine copy -

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