Sundai, Edo
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| Japanese: Tōto Sundai (東都駿台) | |
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| Artist | Hokusai |
| Year | c. 1830–32 |
| Medium | Woodblock print |
| Dimensions | 24.8 cm × 36.5 cm (9.8 in × 14.4 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Website | Sundai, Edo |
Sundai, Edo is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was produced as the fifth print in the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji from c. 1830 to 1832 in the late Edo period.[1]
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[edit]This print is a yoko-e, that is, a landscape format produced to the ōban size, about 25 cm high by 37 cm wide.[2][1]
It is a polychrome woodblock print, composed of ink and color on paper.[1]
The composition is made up of travelers and workers on a road, with a large pine tree on the left side, the corner of a house on the right, and Mount Fuji in the distance.[3]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sundai, Edo (36 Views of Mount Fuji).
- ^ a b c "Surugadai in Edo (Tōto Sundai), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ "Katsushika Hokusai: The Great Wave at Kanagawa". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ "Toto Sundai 東都駿ダイ (Surugadai in Edo) / Fugaku sanjurokkei 冨嶽三十六景 (Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)". The British Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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