Hokusai's Views of Mt. Fuji with Poems by Easley Stephen Jones.

Rutland, VT Charles E. Tuttle , 1965. Hardcover First Edition (1965); Second Printing in the same year. Fine in Very Good Slip-case: The Book is flawless; the binding square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no discernibleimperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Virtually 'As New'. The Slip-Case shows indications of careful use: some wear to the outside edges and mild rubbing to the Hokusai-Print decorated panels. Remains attractive and intact, but shows some wear. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Oblong 64mo. (4 x 5.75 x 0.55 inches). 61 pages. Introduction by Agnes L. Jacobs. 24 full-color prints by Hokusai with facing Poems by Easley Stephen Jones. Cover Art by Hokusai. Decorated Endpapers. Language: English. Weight: 5.3 ounces. First Edition (1965); Second Printing in the same year. Decorated Silk over heavy card boards with string-sewn binding in a colorful slip-case. Katsushika Hokusai, (1760 – 1849) known simply as Hokusai, was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Hokusai is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji which includes the internationally iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa, which is depicted on the Slip-Case cover of this book. Hokusai created the monumental Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji both as a response to a domestic travel boom in Japan and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically The Great Wave off Kanagawa and Fine Wind, Clear Morning, that secured his fame both in Japan and overseas. While Hokusai's work prior to this series is certainly important, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition.