About This Print
Takahashi has given us at least five views of Mt. Fuji in this print and, possibly, 25 if we take the print's title literally. Wonderful embossing throughout and a barely visible reflection of Fuji in the upper right of the bottom margin (see detail views below.)
Wall Card from the Exhibition Three Masters of Abstraction
Hagiwara Hideo, Ida Shōichi and Takahashi Rikio
November 3, 2018 - March 24, 2019
Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR 97205
Takahashi Rikio (1917–1998)
Mount Fuji Time 25,from the portfolio 36 Views of Mount Fuji1991
Color woodblock print with embossing on paperLent by Irwin Lavenberg, L2017.103.14Takahashi presents us with multiple views of Mount Fuji in this print. As Hagiwara did in his Thirty-Six Fujis, on view nearby, Takahashi pays his respect to earlier ukiyo-e artist depictions of the mountain, by including in this print his version of Hokusai’s Fine Wind, Clear Weather, commonly referred to as “Red Fuji.”
Fine Wind, Clear Weather, from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, by Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1831
Catalogue Raisonné Entry
#480 - Catalogue Raisonné
(Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998)
(Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998)
click to enlarge | click to enlarge  The embossing makes it appear as though Fuji is erupting. |
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #488 |
| Title | Mt. Fuji Time 25 (also titled 36 Views of Mount Fuji 富獄36景) |
| Series | |
| Artist | Takahashi Rikio (1917-1998) |
| Signature | Pencil signed by artist - Rikio Takahashi in English |
| Seal | |
| Date | 1991 |
| Edition | 85 of 136 |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 16 3/8 x 11 7/8 in. (41.6 x 30.2 cm) |
| H x W Image | 10 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (26 cm x 24.1 cm) |
| Collections This Print | |
| Reference Literature | Catalogue Raisonné: Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998, p. 175 number 485. |
8/12/2021
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