About This Print
This 34th print in the 36 print series another distant view of Fuji, not too different from the below photograph, with the Southern Japanese Alps and Mt. Fuji in the distance. This print is the original issue (first edition) published by Uchida Woodblock Printing Company between 1939 and 1940 as part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.The Series - Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Published by Uchida Bijutsu Shoten between 1939 and 1940, this 36-print set (plus an introductory sheet and a table of contents sheet) by Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000) is a more modern take on Hokusai's (1760–1849) famous series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (1826-1833).Tokuriki's series was extremely popular with domestic and foreign buyers who purchased one thousand copies within a short time after issuance.1 Various prints from this series were re-printed in subsequent years and subsets of the thirty-six prints were repackaged into newly named series, such as Eight Views of Mount Fuji and Four Season of Mount Fuji, released in the 1950s. Later printings omit the information in the margin, modify Tokuriki's signature and change the seals below his signature appearing in the image area of the print.
1 Modern JapaneseWoodblock Prints - The Early Years, Helen Merritt, University of Hawaii Press, 1998, p. 89.
Format of Margin Annotations and Image Signatures and Seals of Original Edition
Source: Modern Japanese Prints: 1912-1989, Lawrence Smith, British Museum Press, 1994, p. 50.
top right  series title 富士三十六景ノ内 Fuji sanjūrokukei no uchi | below series title 信州清里駅より冨士遠望 | below print title  (Made by Tomikichiro) followed by round Kiwame censor's seal1 | bottom right  | printed within image  (Made by Tomikichiro) followed by, in seal form, Sanjurokkei (Thirty-six Views) followed by, in seal form, Hanmoto Uchida (Publisher Uchida) |
Kiyosato
Source: Japan National Tourist Organization website http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/yamanashi/kiyosato.htmlKiyosato is located at the southern foot of Mt. Yatsu-ga-take at the northwestern part of Yamanashi near the border of Nagano. The resort overlooks the Southern Japan Alps, Mt. Fuji, and the Chichibu Mountains in the distance. Kiyosato is a highland resort at an altitude of 1,300 meters with rolling hills.
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #411 |
| Title | Distant view of Fuji from Shinshu Kiyosato Station 信州清里駅より冨士遠望 |
| Series | Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 富士三十六景ノ内 Fuji sanjūrokukei no uchi |
| Artist | Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000) |
| Signature | Tomikichirō |
| Seal | no artist's seal (see above for information on various seals in margin and image) |
| Date | 1939-1940 |
| Edition | original (first) edition |
| Publisher | Uchida Bijutsu Shoten - Hanmoto Uchida (on print); Uchida Bijutsu Shoritsu han and Reproduction not permitted on margin |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - mat line and toning within mat line; two spots top corners verso from previous folio mounting |
| Genre | shin hanga (new print); fūkeiga |
| Miscellaneous | print #34 in the series |
| Format | horizontal oban |
| H x W Paper | 11 3/8 x 16 1/8 in. (28.9 x 41 cm) |
| H x W Image | 10 1/4 x 15 in. (26 x 38.1 cm) |
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