Title: One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei, 富嶽百景)
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai [葛飾北斎] (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Unidentified (Meiji-era reprint)
Date: Meiji era (1868–1912); exact date unknown
Note: The preface and related texts dated 1840 (Tenpō 11) are retained from an earlier edition.
Media: Woodblock-printed books (sumizuri-e); printed in monochrome grey tones only, with no use of pink or other colors, on cream-colored paper. Each volume is bound in fukurotoji style with brown thread and undecorated yellow covers. Title slips are printed in blue on cream paper with a double-fillet border, not of the falcon feather type:
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Vol. I: 富嶽百景 初編 (Fugaku hyakkei, shohen), preface by Ryūtei Tanehiko [柳亭種彦] dated 1840 (Tenpō 11, 6th month)
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Vol. II: 富嶽百景 二編 (Fugaku hyakkei, nihen)
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Vol. III: 富嶽百景 三編 (Fugaku hyakkei, sanpen)
Covers and labels are original and appropriate to the Meiji-era edition. Each volume contains one leaf (two pages) of preface, followed by 25 leaves of illustrations. The publisher’s catalog is printed on the inside pastedowns.
Book dimensions: 228 × 158 mm (9 × 6.2 in)
Additional Information
| Collection | Japanese prints and drawings , Library |
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| Type / Purpose | Pictorial album |
| Period | 19 AD , 20 AD , Early 20th century , Late 19th century , Meiji era [明治] (1868–1912) |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Media/Technique | Ink , Paper , Sumizuri-e (black-ink woodblock print) , Washi paper |
| Subject | 19th century , 20th century , Japan , Landscape , Meiji Period (1868 – 1912) , Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) |
| Binding | Japanese-style binding (fukuro-toji) |
| Size | 8vo |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1912 |
| Edition | Later edition , Re-print |
| Location | BOX JB-04 |
| Acquisition year | 2025 |
