Sundai, Edo

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Sundai, Edo
Japanese: Tōto Sundai (東都駿台)
The Fuji seen from the Mishima pass.jpg
Artist Hokusai
Yearc. 1830–32
Medium Woodblock print
Dimensions24.8 cm× 36.5 cm(9.8 in× 14.4 in)
LocationMetropolitan 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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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.
  2. "Katsushika Hokusai: The Great Wave at Kanagawa". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  3. "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.