冨嶽三十六景　隠田の水車|The Waterwheel at Onden (Onden no suisha), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai

ca. 1830–32 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Fuji sits in the misty distance, a silent observer of the daily life of the peasants taking place in the foreground. Men carry bundles uphill, women wash herbs in freshwater, while a young boy leads a turtle on a string. Turtles, like the "fungus-shaped" clouds pictured in another print, "Shichirigahama in Sagami Province," are associated with longevity.

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Date

ca. 1830–32

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1922