Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the best known print from the series.

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji is a group of woodblock prints by Hokusai, a Japanese artist. The prints show Mount Fuji as seen from many different places. The prints were very successful, and Hokusai made ten more after the first thirty-six. The prints were made in the 1830s.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, one of Hokusai's most popular prints, is a part of the series. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji has been called Hokusai's "colour-print masterpiece".

Process

Hokusai started making each print by drawing it on paper. It was glued onto a wood block, to help carve the drawing into the wood. The block was then covered with colored ink, and put onto paper to make the print. For each color on a print, Hokusai had to make a different block.

The first prints in the series were made with shades of blue ink. After the series was popular, versions of each print with many colors were made. Over one hundred prints were planned, but only forty-six were made.

Hokusai later made a book named One-Hundred Views of Mount Fuji. It was published around 1835. It had drawings of one-hundred different views of Mount Fuji in it.

First thirty-six prints

No.	Image	English title	Japanese title
1		The Great Wave off Kanagawa	神奈川沖浪裏 Kanagawa oki nami-ura
2		Fine Wind, Clear Morning, also known as South Wind, Clear Sky or Red Fuji	凱風快晴 Gaifū kaisei
3		Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit	山下白雨 Sanka hakuu
4		Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa	深川万年橋下 Fukagawa Mannen-bashi shita
5		Sundai, Edo	東都駿台 Tōto sundai
6		Cushion Pine at Aoyama	青山円座松 Aoyama enza-no-matsu
7		Senju, Musashi But	武州千住 Bushū Senju
8		Inume Pass, Kōshū	甲州犬目峠 Kōshū inume-tōge
9		Fuji View Field in Owari Province	尾州不二見原 Bishū Fujimigahara
10		Ejiri in Suruga Province	駿州江尻 Sunshū Ejiri
11		A sketch of the Mitsui shop in Suruga in Edo (a city that is now called Tokyo)	江都駿河町三井見世略図 Kōto Suruga-cho Mitsui Miseryakuzu
12		Sunset across the Ryōgoku bridge from the bank of the Sumida River at Onmayagashi	御厩川岸より両国橋夕陽見 Ommayagashi yori ryōgoku-bashi yūhi mi
13		Sazai hall – Temple of Five Hundred Rakan	五百らかん寺さざゐどう Gohyaku-rakanji Sazaidō
14		Tea house at Koishikawa. The morning after a snowfall	礫川雪の旦 Koishikawa yuki no ashita
15		Shimomeguro	下目黒 Shimomeguro
16		Watermill at Onden	隠田の水車 Onden no suisha
17		Enoshima in Sagami Province	相州江の島 Soshū Enoshima
18		Shore of Tago Bay, Ejiri at Tōkaidō	東海道江尻田子の浦略図 Tōkaidō Ejiri tago-no-uraryakuzu
19		Yoshida at Tōkaidō	東海道吉田 Tōkaidō Yoshida
20		The Kazusa Province sea route	上総の海路 Kazusa no kairo
21		Nihonbashi bridge in Edo	江戸日本橋 Edo Nihon-bashi
22		Barrier Town on the Sumida River	隅田川関屋の里 Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato
23		Bay of Noboto	登戸浦 Noboto-ura
24		The lake of Hakone in Sagami Province	相州箱根湖水 Sōshū Hakone kosui
25		Mount Fuji reflects in Lake Kawaguchi, seen from the Misaka Pass in Kai Province	甲州三坂水面 Kōshū Misaka suimen
26		Hodogaya on the Tōkaidō	東海道保土ケ谷 Tōkaidō Hodogaya
27		Tama River in Musashi Province	武州玉川 Bushū Tamagawa
28		Asakusa Hongan-ji temple in the Eastern capital [Edo]	東都浅草本願寺 Tōto Asakusa honganji
29		Tsukuda Island in Musashi Province	武陽佃島 Buyō Tsukuda-jima
30		Shichiri Beach in Sagami Province	相州七里浜 Soshū Shichiri-ga-hama
31		Umezawa in Sagami Province	相州梅沢庄 Soshū umezawanoshō
32		Kajikazawa in Kai Province	甲州石班沢 Kōshū Kajikazawa
33		Mishima Pass in Kai Province	甲州三嶌越 Kōshū Mishima-goe
34		Mount Fuji from the mountains of Tōtōmi	遠江山中 Tōtōumi sanchū
35		A View of Mount Fuji Across Lake Suwa (Lake Suwa in Shinano Province)	信州諏訪湖 Shinshū Suwa-ko
36		Ushibori in Hitachi Province	常州牛掘 Jōshū Ushibori

Ten prints made later

No.	Image	English title	Japanese title
1		Goten-yama-hill, Shinagawa on the Tōkaidō	東海道品川御殿山の不二 Tōkaidō Shinagawa Goten'yama no Fuji
2		Honjo Tatekawa, the timberyard at Honjo, Sumida	本所立川 Honjo Tatekawa
3		Pleasure District at Senju	従千住花街眺望の不二 Senju Hana-machi Yori Chōbō no Fuji
4		Nakahara in Sagami Province	相州仲原 Sōshū Nakahara
5		Ōno Shinden in Suruga Province	駿州大野新田 Sunshū Ōno-shinden
6		Climbing on Fuji	諸人登山 Shojin tozan
7		The Tea plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province	駿州片倉茶園の不二 Sunshū Katakura chaen no Fuji
8		The Fuji from Kanaya on the Tōkaidō	東海道金谷の不二 Tōkaidō Kanaya no Fuji
9		Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province	甲州伊沢暁 Kōshū Isawa no Akatsuki
10		The back of Fuji from the Minobu river	身延川裏不二 Minobu-gawa ura Fuji

Thirty-six Views Of Mount Fuji Media

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  The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the best known print in the series (20th century reprint)

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  The Great Wave at Kanagawa. Designed by Hokusai

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  • Part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, no. 33 .
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  Sumida Hokusai Museum

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  • Japan; Woodblock print; Prints
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  • Japan; Woodblock print; Prints
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  • Part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, no. 08 .
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  • Japan; Woodblock print; Prints
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  • Japan; Woodblock print; Prints
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  • Japan; Woodblock print; Prints

Related pages

• The Great Wave off Kanagawa
• Fine Wind, Clear Morning