Thirty-six Views of Fuji from the Eastern Capital

(Tôto Fuji-mi san-jû-rokkei)

Publisher: Murata-ya Jirôbei

c. 1843

In spite of the series title, only these five designs are known. This series is listed as number 9 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

Distant view of Mount Fuji from the Shôheizaka Slope

Schaap: 21.1

Mount Fuji off the coast of Tsukuda Island (Tsukuda oki kaisei no Fuji)

Schaap: 21.2

Mount Fuji from beneath New Ôhashi Bridge (Shinôhashi kyôka no chôbô)

Schaap: 21.3

The poem above the boat translates:

With the lifting of the bamboo shade of the boat

as it passes between the piers of the bridge,

there comes into view the fair Fuji brow

which I longed to see.

Mount Fuji with melting snow during the Sannô Festival

Schaap: 21.4

Mount Fuji in the evening as seen from the embankment of the Sumida River (Sumida tsuzumi no yû Fuji)

Schaap: 21.5

‘Schaap’ refers to listing in ‘Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi’ by Robert Schaap (Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 1998).

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