Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji is the title of two series of
woodblock prints by Japanese ukiyo-e artist
Hiroshige. They depict
Mount Fuji in differing seasons and weather conditions from a variety of different places and distances. The 1852 series, published by Sanoya Kihei, are in landscape orientation using the chūban format, while the 1858 series are in the portrait ōban format and were published by Tsutaya Kichizō. The same subject had previously been dealt with by
Hokusai in two of his own series, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji and One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji.
This picture is the twenty-seventh print of the 1858 series, entitled "Futami Bay in Ise Province". It depicts
Meoto Iwa, two large
stacks just off the shore at
Ise, with a network of ropes, a torii gate and a
Shinto shrine. Mount Fuji is visible in the background. This copy is in the collection of the
Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.Print credit:
Hiroshige