Sundai, Edo
Woodblock print by Hokusai
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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]
| 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 |
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Description
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]
