Kajikazawa in Kai Province

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"Kajikazawa in Kai Province" is a celebrated ukiyo-e woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai, depicting fishermen on a rocky shore with Mount Fuji in the background as part of his renowned landscape series.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landscape print
ukiyo-e woodblock print
approximateDate early 1830s
artForm printmaking
artisticFocus dramatic composition
relationship between humans and nature
artMovement Edo-period ukiyo-e
associatedWith Katsushika Hokusai’s mature style
backgroundFeature Mount Fuji NERFINISHED
coloration nishiki-e
countryOfOrigin Japan
creator Katsushika Hokusai NERFINISHED
culturalSignificance iconic image of Hokusai’s Mount Fuji series
depictionType landscape with figures
depicts Mount Fuji NERFINISHED
fishermen
rocky shore
depictsTimeOfDay daytime
features boats
fishing nets
raging river or sea currents
steep cliffs
genre ukiyo-e
hasMedium ink on paper
hasMotif Mount Fuji as sacred mountain
labor of fishermen
hasPerspective low viewpoint looking toward Mount Fuji
hasTitleInEnglish Kajikazawa in Kai Province NERFINISHED
hasTitleInJapanese 甲州石班澤(こうしゅう かじかざわ) NERFINISHED
inCollectionOf various museums worldwide
influencedBy Japanese landscape painting traditions
languageOfTitle Japanese
material paper
woodblock
notableFor contrast between human figures and vast landscape
dynamic depiction of water
innovative composition
originalLanguageContext Japanese
partOfSeries Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji NERFINISHED
period Edo period NERFINISHED
printingTechnique polychrome woodblock printing
seriesTheme views of Mount Fuji from different locations
style bold line work
strong use of color contrasts
subjectLocation Kajikazawa NERFINISHED
subjectProvince Kai Province NERFINISHED
workSeriesNumber one of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

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Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji hasPart Kajikazawa in Kai Province