Kajikazawa in Kai Province

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This print is one of Hokusai’s most successful and evocative designs in the Fuji series. In its simple composition, with only a few elements, Hokusai presents the close interaction between natural forces and fragile, yet durable men. The pounding waves and wind-driven rain seem mercilessly cruel to humans, but at the same time, these forces also provide man with a way of life when he is determined to survive. Fuji rises in the near distance, revealing its summit through thick fog. Standing in the river on a rugged rock washed by the turbulent waves, a fisherman casts his net lines. His determination to make a good catch is expressed in his posture – foot firmly gripping the rock and body bent to hold the lines. His little son, sitting on the rock below him, tends the fish basket. Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He is best-known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (c. 1831) which includes the iconic and internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s.

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Size: 3200px × 2200px
Location: Japan
Photo credit: © Hokusai / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: fisherman, fishing, hir, hiroshige, japan, japanese, jpp, nippon, nipponese, occupation, print, surf, ukiyo-, working