Katsushika Hokusai’s Ukiyo-e I will explain Kajikazawa in Kai Province in Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
The location where this ukiyo-e was drawn is believed to be near Kajikazawa (present-day Minamikoma-gun, Yamanashi Prefecture), where the Fuefuki River and Kamanashi River flowing in the northwestern part of Mt. Fuji join to form the Fuji River.
Kajikazawa became a strategic point for land and river traffic, with riverbanks built as a junction connecting the inland provinces of Kai and Shinano with Suruga Bay.
Kajikazawa was a base for water transportation on the Fuji River, and was a difficult place called Unose.
The name of this ukiyo-e print, Ishibanzawa,'' is read asKajikazawa.” It seems that the kajika and ugui were mistaken.
The protruding rocks and the spray of the waves catch the eye as if they were fishing on the cliffs of the sea.
A father fishing, a son guarding a basket of fish, and Mt.Fuji overlooking them.
In the background, the mist flowing in many streams, the Mt. Ura-Fuji with its misty appearance, the protruding rocks, the fishermen, and the nets cast by the fishermen form a triangular resemblance.
In the ukiyo-e “Hokusai Manga 13”, there is a picture in which the original picture is reversed after omitting Mt.
There is an opinion that the portrayal of a fishing father cannot be said to be casting nets or cormorant fishing.
This ukiyo-e is from around 1830 to 1832. Hokusai is around 72 years old.
