諸國名橋奇覧　かうつけ佐野ふなはしの古づ|Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province (Kōzuke Sano funabashi no kozu), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

Katsushika Hokusai

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

諸國名橋奇覧　かうつけ佐野ふなはしの古づ|Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province (Kōzuke Sano funabashi no kozu), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran) — Katsushika Hokusai

This snowscape depicting the "bridge of boats" at Sano, Gunma Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, is the most striking print in the series. Noted in the cartouche as an "ancient view," the pontoon bridge was famous in early poetry but no longer existed by Hokusai's time. The print features a geometric composition with a bold curve toward the center, emphasizing the potential danger of trying to cross the unstable, snow-piled bridge.

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Date: ca. 1830
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture: Japan
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

諸國名橋奇覧 かうつけ佐野ふなはしの古づ|Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province (Kōzuke Sano funabashi no kozu), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)

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諸國名橋奇覧　かうつけ佐野ふなはしの古づ|Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province (Kōzuke Sano funabashi no kozu), from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyō kiran)