葛飾北斎画 冨嶽三十六景 御厩川岸より両国橋夕陽見|Viewing the Sunset over Ryōgoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryōgokubashi sekiyō o miru), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830–32 · Woodblock print · Asian Art
The contemplative attitude of the oarsman who has momentarily stopped to admire the view mirrors the spectator's own thoughtful act of looking. This meditative mood finds a physical counterpart in the soft, smoky tonalities of the evening sky and the gentle waves of the swelling river. The moods of figures, audience, and nature reflect endlessly upon one another like a series of facing mirrors.
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Date
- ca. 1830–32
- Medium
- Woodblock print
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1922
