Comment by secondcoming
2 years ago
I got one years ago, and was a little bit underwhelmed but I'm not sure why. I originally thought the colour of the boats was off, but looking online it seems that some people render them in a richer red/brown than they actually are.
My copy actually is just lying in a cupboard in the original packaging. I never got around to actually displaying it!
Beware the import duty from Japan too!
The whole wood-block printing process is amazing, I just wish he'd branch out from copying Japanese stuff. Hardly any of his other works float my boat.
The British Museum have published some great info on the variations. It's best as this video https://youtu.be/U_025NB8alw or the PDF research paper equivalent.
My personal favourite impression is the one at Claude Monet's house in Giverny, France. I'm yet to see it in person, but they have a high resolution photo online. In this one the boats are muted and Fuji looks like a small wave. Of course, originally the colours may have been wildly different! https://twitter.com/gingerbeardman/status/115623713193900851...
I saw this one a few weeks ago. It's sad that it's displayed with a highly reflective glass cover in a very bright room. It's impossible to take in the whole thing at once.
That video is excellent! Thanks for sharing
> My copy actually is just lying in a cupboard in the original packaging. I never got around to actually displaying it!
Interested in finding it a new home?