Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | Tenpozan at the Mouth of the Aji River in Settsu Province (Sesshu Ajikawaguchi Tenpozan) | Edo period, 19th century

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June 11, 03:42 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 EUR

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Description

woodblock print, from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran), signed Oju Naniwa no zu o motte Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (Brush of Iitsu, the former Hokusai, using a picture of Osaka, by special request), censor’s seal kiwame (approved), published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1834, 1^st state; with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso

Horizontal oban: 36.8 x 25 cm, 14½ by 9⅞ in.

Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)

Mount Tenpo was an artificial hill built in 1832 from dredging silt at the mouth of Osaka's Aji River and quickly became a popular tourist destination. Viewed from an elevated, bird’s-eye view perspective, the composition feels more reminiscent of a map print. Hokusai unusually inscribed the print ‘using a picture of Osaka, at special request’, acknowledging that the design was based on a secondary source.

A similar impression of the same print is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET), accession number JP2950, go to:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/56202

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