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Pictorial Map of Mount Fuji

Pictorial Map of Mount Fuji

富士山の図

Artist unknown, Japanese
Attributed to: Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)

Japanese

Edo period

1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions 97 x 99.5 cm (38 3/16 x 39 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Source unidentified

Accession Number2009.4996

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Yokohama Mus. of Art, Fascinating J. Woodcut Prints (2014), #6; Salter, Japanese Popular Prints (2006), pp. 69-71, fig. 62

DescriptionVarious signed inscriptions are printed along the upper ("east") edge (i.e. upside down in this photo). One has the date given for the print, but none appear to identify the artist or publisher. The 2014 Yokohama catalogue attributes the work to Sadahide.
The impression illustrated in Salter has an extra piece, apparently glued around the central arc, that represents the lip of the crater in three dimensions.

Signed Unsigned
無款