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Chie no umi is a chuban yoko-e (19 x 25.4 cm.) sized woodblock print series by the Japanese artist Hokusai
. Subjects of the prints include fishing, oceans and whaling. The series is one of Hokusai's rarest sets. It seems to have been issued in the mid-1830s and, like the Hyakunin Isshu ("One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse") series of the same date, publication of the prints ceased abruptly. Ten prints comprise the complete set, although a number of preparatory drawings are extant for prints that were never made.
Hokusai
was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting...
. Subjects of the prints include fishing, oceans and whaling. The series is one of Hokusai's rarest sets. It seems to have been issued in the mid-1830s and, like the Hyakunin Isshu ("One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse") series of the same date, publication of the prints ceased abruptly. Ten prints comprise the complete set, although a number of preparatory drawings are extant for prints that were never made.
Prints in the Series
Known prints in the series include:- Soshu Tonegawa "Tone River, Shimosa province"
- "Whaling Off Goto"
- "Choshi in the Simosa province"
- "Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province"
- "Fishing At Kinu River"
- "Fly Fishing"
- "Fishing at Uraga in Sagami Province"