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

[the telfords]

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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