One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji
One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Japanese: 富嶽百景, Hepburn: Fugaku hyakkei) is a series of three illustrated books by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It is considered one of Japan's most exceptional illustrated books (e-hon), and alongside the Hokusai Manga, the most influential in the West. The first two volumes were published in 1834 and 1835, shortly after completion of his seminal Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, with a third released in the late 1840s.
| Japanese: 富嶽百景, Japanese: Fugaku hyakkei | |
| Artist | Katsushika Hokusai |
|---|---|
| Year | 1834, 1835, c. 1839 |
| Type | Illustrated books |
The books contain over a hundred views of Mount Fuji in various styles and settings; Hokusai shows the peak in pure landscapes, with flora and fauna, in religious and mythological scenes and with different atmospheric effects, but above all, he focuses on ordinary people at work.
The first two volumes are celebrated for their very high standards of woodblock printing, with "extremely fine cutting" and "exquisite gradation" (bokashi) of the grey blocks; they have been called a "masterpiece of monochrome printing".