Asha Abroad # The Ao-no-domon Tunnel and the Hodo Mountain
I spent a day with one of my host families. We saw the Ao-No-Domon Tunnel which was carved into the mountain by one monk. Using only a chisel and hammer, it took him 30 years to complete the tunnel. We than headed to the Hodo Mountain. There was also the Rakanji Temple located on this mountain but I wasn't allowed to film at the temple.
Katsushika Hokusai - 葛飾 北斎, A Japanese Artist and Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai, A Japanese Artist and Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
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Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, October 31, 1760 -- May 10, 1849) 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. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景 Fugaku Sanjuroku-kei?, c. 1831) which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s.
Hokusai created the Thirty-Six Views both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji. It was this series, specifically The Great Wave print and Fuji in Clear Weather, that secured Hokusai's fame both in Japan and overseas. As historian Richard Lane concludes, Indeed, if there is one work that made Hokusai's name, both in Japan and abroad, it must be this monumental print-series.... While Hokusai's work prior to this series is certainly important, it was not until this series that he gained broad recognition.
In the West, the artist may be known for his woodblock print of The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji is an ukiyo-e series of large, color woodblock prints by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760--1849). The series depicts Mount Fuji in differing seasons and weather conditions from a variety of different places and distances. It actually consists of 46 prints created between 1826 and 1833. The first 36 were included in the original publication and, due to their popularity, ten more were added after the original publication.
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
1) The Great Wave off Kanagawa 神奈川沖浪裏 Kanagawa oki nami-ura
2) South Wind, Clear Sky (There is another impression of 凱風快晴, also known as Red Fuji) 凱風快晴 Gaifū kaisei
3) Rainstorm Beneath the Summit 山下白雨 Sanka hakū
4) Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa 深川万年橋下 Fukagawa Mannen-bashi shita
5) Sundai, Edo 東都駿台 Tōto sundai
6) The Circular Pine Trees of Aoyama 青山円座松 Aoyama enza-no-matsu
7) Senju, Musashi Province 武州千住 Bushū Senju
8) Inume Pass, Kōshū 甲州犬目峠 Kōshū inume-tōge
9) Fuji View Field in Owari Province 尾州不二見原 Bishū Fujimigahara
10) Ejiri in Suruga Province 駿州江尻 Sunshū Ejiri
11) A sketch of the Mitsui shop in Suruga in Edo 江都駿河町三井見世略図 Kōto Suruga-cho Mitsui Miseryakuzu
12) Sunset across the Ryōgoku bridge from the bank of the Sumida River at Onmayagashi 御厩川岸より両国橋夕陽見 Ommayagashi yori ryōgoku-bashi yūhi mi
13) Sazai hall - Temple of Five Hundred Rakan 五百らかん寺さざゐどう Gohyaku-rakanji Sazaidō
14) Tea house at Koishikawa. The morning after a snowfall 礫川雪の旦 Koishikawa yuki no ashita
15) Below Meguro 下目黒 Shimo-Meguro
16) Watermill at Onden 隠田の水車 Onden no suisha
17) Enoshima in Sagami Province 相州江の島 Soshū Enoshima
18) Shore of Tago Bay, Ejiri at Tōkaidō 東海道江尻田子の浦略図 Tōkaidō Ejiri tago-no-ura
19) Yoshida at Tōkaidō 東海道吉田 Tōkaidō Yoshida
20) The Kazusa Province sea route 上総の海路 Kazusa no kairo
21) Nihonbashi bridge in Edo 江戸日本橋 Edo Nihon-bashi
22) Barrier Town on the Sumida River 隅田川関屋の里 Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato
23) Bay of Noboto 登戸浦 Noboto-ura
24) The lake of Hakone in Sagami Province 相州箱根湖水 Sōshū Hakone kosui
25) Mount Fuji reflects in Lake Kawaguchi, seen from the Misaka Pass in Kai Province 甲州三坂水面 Kōshū Misaka suimen
26) Hodogaya on the Tōkaidō 東海道程ケ谷 Tōkaidō Hodogaya
27) Tama River in Musashi Province 武州玉川 Bushū Tamagawa
28) Asakusa Hongan-ji temple in the Eastern capital [Edo] 東都浅草本願寺 Tōto Asakusa honganji
29) Tsukuda Island in Musashi Province 武陽佃島 Buyō Tsukuda-jima 30) Shichiri beach in Sagami Province 相州七里浜 Soshū Shichiri-ga-hama
31) Umegawa in Sagami Province 相州梅沢庄 Soshū umezawanoshō
32) Kajikazawa in Kai Province 甲州石班沢 Kōshū Kajikazawa
33) Mishima Pass in Kai Province 甲州三嶌越 Kōshū Mishima-goe
34) Mount Fuji from the mountains of Tōtōmi 遠江山中 Tōtōmi sanchū
35) Lake Suwa in Shinano Province 信州諏訪湖 Shinshū Suwa-ko
36) Ushibori in Hitachi Province 常州牛掘 Jōshū Ushibori