1933.4.2686: Shichiri Beach in Sagami Province (Sōshū shichiri-ga-hama), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.2686

People

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
Published by Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八

Title

Shichiri Beach in Sagami Province (Sōshū shichiri-ga-hama), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Fugaku sanjūrokkei: Sōshū shichiri-ga-hama

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1831

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/206860

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

ōban: H. 24.7 × W. 36.2 cm (9 3/4 × 14 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

Accession Year

1933

Object Number

1933.4.2686

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The print is designed in blue, gree and white. An irregular rocky peninsula juts out from the right with clumps of trees rising against the distant snowy mass of Fuji. Young pines on the foreground hill. White clouds contrast with the deep blue of the horizon. Blue outline.

Exhibition History

• HAA 1 Survey Course (S421): Landmarks of World Art and Architecture (Spring 2010), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/05/2010 - 05/09/2010
• A Colloquium in the Visual Arts, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023

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