Hokusai and the Rebirth of Sun Over Mt. Fuji - From Kajikazawa

Hokusai presented a new visual language with “Thirty Six Views of Mt. Fuji,” expressing multiple novel ideas in ukiyo-e single sheet prints.  This was not a spontaneous creative act by the artist, but an evolution over a decade of preparatory work illustrating books and creating manuals. 1 With this series, Hokusai redefined landscape imagery in ukiyo-e printing, he synthesized European single point perspective with Chinese landscape perspective to create multi-point perspective, his exclusive use of blue pigment in five prints of the series integrated the skills of artist, block cutter and printer to create energetic images.