Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Kōshū Kajikazawa), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), 冨嶽三十六景 甲州石班沢, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 x 15 1/8 in. (25.4 x 38.4 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), The repetition and rhyme of shapes and colors in the foreground and background make this one of the most unified, handsome designs in the series. The triangular shape formed by the fishing lines, the fisherman's arched back, and the promontory from which he fishes echoes that of Fuji on the horizon
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Kajikazawa, Kai Province, Kōshū Kajikazawa, series, Thirty-six Views, Mount Fuji, Fugaku sanjūrokkei, 冨嶽三十六景 甲州石班沢, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 10 x 15 1/8, 25.4 38.4 cm, Prints, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1760–1849, repetition, rhyme, shapes, colors, foreground, background, unified, handsome designs, series, triangular shape, formed, fishing lines, fisherman, arched back, promontory, fishes echoes, Fuji, horizon
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