KAWAMURA, Minsetsu.

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Hyaku Fuji ("100 Views of Mount Fuji"). First edition, later printing, of this compendium of 100 views of the sacred mountain, each accompanied by a poetic refrain. The illustrations inspired Hokusai's "Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji" prints (c. 1830-1832) and his three-volume Fugaku Hyakkei (1834-c. 1849), as well as many other Japanese and Western artists.Kawamura Minsetsu (dates unknown) was a calligrapher and painter. As he writes in the postscript to the fourth volume, in his youth he travelled along the roads of Japan and copied vistas of Mount Fuji. The first volume focuses on views from Edo, while later volumes depict the mountain from various locations along the highways leading to Kyoto.Upon publication, Hyaku Fuji became a model for many artists and students. As well as inspiring Hokusai, scholars have also found links between Kawamura's compositions and Yosa Buson's Fugaku Resshozu ("Pine Trees Arrayed Before Mount Fuji", c. 1778-83), Torii Kiyonaga's Shiki no Fuji, Madochu "Fuji in the Four Seasons, Through a Window", and Félix Régamey's Okama (1883).The author's postface is dated 1767 but the first edition was published in 1771.

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