Midsummer's Dream
Lot 20:
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Hokusai (attributed) Vintage Japanese woodblock print in Kato framing. Hodogaya, one of the well-known fifty-three stations of the Tokaido road, is located between Musashi, the province in which Edo was located, and Sagami Province to the west. At this point, westbound travelers were said to have finally felt the sensation of having put the metropolis of Edo behind them, for at Hodogaya the road stretches into a beautiful avenue lined with pine trees on both sides. When one travels on foot along a course near a big mountain, one has the feeling that progress is slowed by the overwhelming immobility of the mountain that seems to be eternally watching. This sensation is lyrically expressed in this print. Fuji’s immobility is emphasized in contrast to the gentle rhythm of the row of pine trees and the crawling pace of the travelers. This print is in the collection of the metropolitan museum and the british museum .19.5 x 15 visible 13.75 x 9.5” Estate of Regina Doi. Regina Doi lived many lives; from being an opera singer who graduated from Julliard in NY to Tokyo where she founded the Aoba-Japan bilingual school which expanded from 16 to almost 600 students on two campuses. Regina Doi started collecting the Mori’s from the late 60’s through the 90’s.
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