Nakahara in Sagami Province (Sōshū Nakahara), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), 冨嶽三十六景 相州仲原, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 x 15 in. (25.4 x 38.1 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Intrigued by the compositional potential of the plank bridge in the foreground of the upper print, Hokusai appears to have excerpted and used it as the central structuring motif in the lower print. Like a stage, all action takes place on or within the space created by the wooden structure
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Nakahara, Sagami Province, Sōshū Nakahara, series, Thirty-six Views, Mount Fuji, Fugaku sanjūrokkei, 冨嶽三十六景 相州仲原, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 10 x 15, 25.4 38.1 cm, Prints, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1760–1849, Intrigued, compositional potential, plank bridge, foreground, upper, Hokusai, excerpted, central structuring motif, lower, stage, action takes, place, within, space created, wooden structure
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