Oceans of Wisdom

Whaling Off Goto from Oceans of Wisdom
Artist Hokusai
Year Published 1834
Type Wood block prints
Dimensions 19 cm × 25.4 cm (7.5 in × 10.0 in)

Chie no umi ("Oceans of Wisdom", also known as "A Thousand Views of the Sea and Waterside") is a chuban yoko-e (19 x 25.4 cm.) sized woodblock print series by the Japanese artist Hokusai. Subjects of the prints include fishing, oceans and whaling. The series is one of Hokusai's rarest sets. It seems to have been issued in the mid-1830s and, like the Hyakunin Isshu ("One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse") series of the same date, publication of the prints ceased abruptly. Ten prints comprise the complete set, although a number of preparatory drawings are extant for prints that were never made.

Prints in the Series

Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province

Known prints in the series include:

Publication history

Fishing at Uraga in Sagami Province

Oceans of Wisdom was published by Mori-ya Jihei in 1832-1834.

Notes

  1. Christies 174.8132

References

Choshi in the Simosa province

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