This product features miniature two-panel folding screens crafted from two famous Ukiyo-e prints by Katsushika Hokusai: "Red Fuji" (officially "South Wind, Clear Sky") and "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" (officially "Under the Wave off Kanagawa").
The prints, "Red Fuji" and "The Great Wave," are vibrantly reproduced using woodblock printing techniques, with colors layered one by one. The surrounding borders are made of luxurious gold brocade fabric with a "donsu" pattern. The four corners of the folding screens are further enhanced with golden metal fittings, adding to their opulent appearance. All finishing is done by hand.
When ordering, please select your preferred Ukiyo-e print: "Red Fuji" or "The Great Wave."
This item is highly popular as a souvenir or gift for overseas recipients. It comes in a thin decorative box, making it easy to carry and ideal as a gift for international travel or business trips.
**Folding Screen Dimensions:*** Height: 185mm* Width: 270mm (when fully opened)
**Decorative Box Dimensions:*** Height: 194mm* Width: 145mm* Thickness: Approx. 18mm
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**Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: South Wind, Clear Sky****Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)**Hokusai was born in Honjo, Edo, and his childhood name was Tokitaro. He used many art names, including Shunkō, Shinsai, Raidō, Raisin, Iitsu, Kyōjin, and Gyo-butsu. He first studied painting under Yūsen Kanō, and later entered the school of Shunshō Katsukawa to study Ukiyo-e. His brushwork exemplifies extraordinary skill, and his landscape and genre paintings are characterized by extreme originality in their design, earning him the highest admiration from people today. This work is one of the most outstanding masterpieces among his "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji," known as "Red Fuji," a representative landscape painting. It fully demonstrates his extraordinary brushwork, magnificently expressing the height and grandeur of Mount Fuji.
**Mt. Fuji in Clear Sky, One of 36 Sceneries of Mt. Fuji****By Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849)**This picture is one of the best among his “36 Sceneries of Mt. Fuji,” his representative works, in which the sceneries were produced with that extraordinary force, and gained the utmost fame. Especially, the striking originality of his conceptions won boundless praises from the discerning public.
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**Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: Under the Wave off Kanagawa****Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)**Hokusai was born in Honjo, Edo, and his childhood name was Tokitaro. He used many art names, including Shunkō, Shinsai, Raidō, Raisin, Iitsu, Kyōjin, and Gyo-butsu. He first studied painting under Yūsen Kanō, and later entered the school of Shunshō Katsukawa to study Ukiyo-e. His brushwork exemplifies extraordinary skill, and his landscape and genre paintings are characterized by extreme originality in their design, earning him the highest admiration from people today. This work is a representative masterpiece among his "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji," a collection of landscape paintings. It fully demonstrates his extraordinary brushwork.
**“Mt. Fuji Scene Off Kanagawa”****by Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849)**Born in Honjo, Edo (Tokyo), Hokusai learned the art of painting under Yūsen Kanō, but later became a pupil of Shunshō Katsukawa and studied Ukiyo-e. The sceneries and manners produced with his extraordinary force and skill of his brush, gained the utmost fame. Especially, the unique originality of his conceptions won a boundless praise from the discerning public. This picture is one of the best among his “Thirty-six Sceneries of Mt. Fuji,” his representative works.