Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshū Suwako), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), 冨嶽三十六景 信州諏訪湖, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 1/4 x 15 1/8 in. (26 x 38.4 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), The thatched roof of the Japanese shrine echoes the twin-peaked shape of Fuji's summit. This analogizing of form, a common technique in Hokusai's visual vocabulary, serves to set up a visual and symbolic dialogue between the sacred mountain and the religious shrine
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Lake Suwa, Shinano Province, Shinshū Suwako, series, Thirty-six Views, Mount Fuji, Fugaku sanjūrokkei, 冨嶽三十六景 信州諏訪湬 Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 10 1/4 x 15 1/8, 26 38.4 cm, Prints, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1760–1849, thatched, roof, Japanese shrine, echoes, twin-peaked shape, Fuji, summit, analogizing, form, common technique, Hokusai, visual vocabulary, serves, set up, visual, symbolic dialogue, sacred mountain, religious
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