Who painted Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: Nakahara in Sagami Province, and when?

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: Nakahara in Sagami Province is by Katsushika Hokusai, made in c. 1830-33 (Tenpo 1-4). Medium: Woodblock print (ukiyo-e).

Where can I see Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: Nakahara in Sagami Province?

It is held by Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Edo-Tokyo Museum. Exhibitions change, so check each museum's information before you visit.

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji ・ 42

Nakahara in Sagami Province

冨嶽三十六景相州仲原

Peddlers, a woman carrying a child on her back, and a party of travelers come and go on a plank bridge over a small stream and the road beyond. Mount Oyama rises in front of distant Fuji, and at the foot of the bridge a lone man dredges the stream with a net in silence.

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Date: c. 1830-33 (Tenpo 1-4)
Medium / format: Woodblock print (ukiyo-e)
Series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 46 prints
Place depicted: Nakahara（Kanagawa）
Seen in the distance: Mount Fuji

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About this work

At left in the foreground, a man crouches in the stream, scooping with a net. Paying no attention to the people passing by, his absorption in his work contrasts with the bustle of traffic. On the plank bridge walk a woman with a tub on her head and a baby on her back, and a peddler carrying a box on a shoulder pole.

At the roadside stands a stone monument carved with characters, and a traveler in a straw hat passes beside it. In the right background are also people with boxes on their backs and staffs in their hands. The green mountain in front of Fuji is Mount Oyama, and in those days pilgrimages to the temples and shrines of Oyama (Oyama-mode) were popular among the common people. Over the fields, ropes are stretched with many small board-like things hanging from them.

Nakahara is today's Nakahara in Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Beyond the broad plain Fuji trails its skirts gently, and the cloud at upper left has a distinctive shape edged with indigo. It is one of the ten prints added after the 36, with the lines printed in black ink. The ridge on Fuji's left is drawn with a single thin long line extending nearly to the left edge of the picture. At lower right, part of a thatched roof peeks in.

The place today

Nakahara had the Nakahara Gaten, a lodge used by Tokugawa Ieyasu for falconry. According to Hiratsuka City, there is a stone monument to the lodge in the schoolyard of Nakahara Elementary School, built on the site, and traces of it can also be seen in the neighborhood name "Goten" where the school stands.

Where can I see it?

Exhibitions change over time. Check each museum's exhibition information before you visit.

Museums that hold this work

Tokyo National Museum
Taito City, Tokyo　Accession no. A-11177
From the set of 34 sheets of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
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Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
Hachioji
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Edo-Tokyo Museum
Sumida City, Tokyo　Accession no. 92202782
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Museums that hold this series (please check the museum's website for whether it holds this print)

Yamanashi Prefectural Museum
Fuefuki
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Frequently asked questions

Who painted Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: Nakahara in Sagami Province, and when?: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: Nakahara in Sagami Province is by Katsushika Hokusai, made in c. 1830-33 (Tenpo 1-4). Medium: Woodblock print (ukiyo-e).
What place does Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: Nakahara in Sagami Province show?: It shows Nakahara (Kanagawa).
Where can I see Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: Nakahara in Sagami Province?: It is held by Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Edo-Tokyo Museum. Exhibitions change, so check each museum's information before you visit.