Japanese Woodblock Print By Tokuriki: Mount Fuji As Seen From Takeda Temple In Kofu

A very fine print, from the early editions of the series *Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji*. A short marginal tear on the left edge that does not extend into the subject; previously restored.
ca. 1940
Shin-hanga
Nishiki-e

Takeda Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, dedicated to the kami of Takeda Shingen. The shrine’s annual festival takes place on April 12. After the Meiji Restoration, the Tsutsujigasaki ruins were placed under government protection for their historical value and were eventually designated a National Historic Site of Japan.

Tokuriki’s series was a huge success with foreign buyers from the moment it was published.
This series is undoubtedly Tokuriki’s masterpiece and surpasses his other major series, “Scenes of Sacred Sites and Historic Monuments (Seichi Shiseki Meisho).” After World War II, he created another version in the sosaku-hanga style, which he called “Thirty-Six New Views of Mount Fuji.”

• Technique: Woodblock print
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• Image width: 383.00
• Image height: 265.00
• Sheet width: 410.00
• Sheet height: 288.00