冨嶽三十六景　登戸浦|Noboto Bay (Noboto no ura), 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

Men and women gather shellfish under torii, entrance gates to shrines, which mark the transition from secular to religious spaces. Hokusai has cleverly used the torii to frame Fuji, suggesting, in turn, the mountain's sacred, iconic nature.

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Date

ca. 1830–32

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939