Oceans of Wisdom

Whaling Off Goto from Oceans of Wisdom

Artist	Hokusai
Year	Published 1834
Type	Wood block prints

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:

• Soshu Tonegawa "Tone River, Shimosa province"^[1]
• "Whaling Off Goto"
• "Choshi in the Simosa province"
• "Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province"
• "Fishing At Kinu River"
• "Fly Fishing"
• "Fishing at Uraga in Sagami Province"

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

• Lane, Richard (1989). Hokusai: Life and Work. E.P. Dutton, New York. ISBN 0-525-24455-7.

External links

• Auction for Soshu Tonegawa at Christie's
• Soshu Tonegawa at the Maier Museum of Art