Japanese Ukiyoe Hokusai Fuji Gotenyama Shinagawa Tokaido Woodblock Print FL465 blue A Japanese poem

A Japanese poem

Kaishi paper

5cm long x 2

This piece is a unique rounded triangular shape

Sometsuke is an art technique of decorating ceramics with brush-painted blue paint on a white background

Japanese Ukiyoe Hokusai Fuji Gotenyama Shinagawa Tokaido Woodblock Print FL465 blue A Japanese poemJapanese Ukiyoe Woodblock Print Art This Japanese ukiyo e is a woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai called 'Fuji from Gotenyama at Shinagawa on the Tokaido' from the famous series Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji. It represents a view of Mount Fuji seen from the Shinagawa station on the Tokaido road. On the foreground, people are enjoying sakura cherry blossoms. This piece is an authentic woodblock print, but it is a reprint from the Showa period, not