[Oe List ...] Land, River, Mountain, Sea - Japanese Prints

[Mary Laura Jones]

The prints of Katsushika Hokusai may be found and easily purchased at
www.fulcrumgallery.com. Mary Laura

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 1:20 AM, the telfords <thetelfords at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Beret and Colleagues,
>
> We have a framed set  hanging over our dining table and they are all from
> the same artist - The description of these prints which were bought for us
> at our request by Joan Knutsen around 1986/7 when she lived in Japan.
> The description about the Land of Mystery print reads:
>  Woodblock Print U43 one of 36 views of Mt Fuji   "Sunshu Ejiri"  by
> Hokusai Katsushika (1760 - 1849)
> 'Pieces of paper being blown around by a sudden gust of wind, men fighting
> against the wind, a sedge-hat being blown away, and men holding their sedge
> hats tightly against the wind....these movements are vividly respresented in
> a moment.  The picture of a woman quite at a los what to do in another
> peculiarly Hokusai'
> UCHIDA ART CO LTD  Kyoto Handicraft Centre Kumanojinja-Higashi, Sakyo - Ku,
> Kyoto 606  Japan
> Phone (075) 761 0345.
> As these were purchased around 1987 this phone number may not be current!
> Isn't the story interesting.  I don't remember reading it in detail
> before!!
> Wasn't it great that this piece was glued to the mount when they were
> framed!!
> I cannot remember why there is no descriptive piece relating to the River
> of Consciousness
> attached the the copy we had framed.
>
> Here are the other two descriptions FYI:
> The Mountain of Care reads:  Woodblock Print (R-114/U-49)
> "Sanka Hakuu"  thunderstorm below the Mt Fuji, one of the 36 views of Mt
> Fuji by HK
> 'The glorious mountain above the dark clouds, the lightening and thiunder.
> The unshaken mountain standing in all its tranquility, the nobly depicted
> lightening, and the contrast the upper and lower half, make the moountian
> all but heroic in size.
>
> The Sea of Tranquility:  reads:  Woodblock print: (R-59/U-46)
> The waves off the coast of Kanagawa appearing like surging billows on the
> ocean more in a frenzy manner just like Hokusai's passionate character.  The
> scene full of violent motions, the contrast between the deep blue and white,
> the novelty of the idea - this picture is considered the masterpiece of
> Hokusai.  In this his skilful art is perfectly expressed.'
>
> Peace and Kind regards
> from us Down Under  and in the Blue Mountains where we now live.
>
> Elaine and John TELFORD
>
>
> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Wilson Priscilla <
> pwilson at teamtechinc.com> wrote:
>
>> Beret, I have a set hanging on a bathroom wall. I just checked and there
>> is writing  in Japanese on each which looks different...but I don't know if
>> that is a name or a title. No help from here...sorry.
>> Priscilla
>>
>>  On May 27, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Beret Griffith wrote:
>>
>>  I have a friend who is interested in getting copies of the Land,
>> River, Mountain, Sea Japanese prints. Can easily find the Mountain
>> and the Sea by Houksai. Haven't located the Land and River in the
>> Internet. I can't recall if the Land and River were done by Houksai.
>> I have a vague recollection that one of them was done by Hiroshige.
>> Mine are buried somewhere in files in storage. Help please.
>> Beret
>>
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