At Sea off Kazusa (Kazusa no kairo), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), 冨嶽三十六景 上総の海路, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); W. 15 1/16 in. (38.3 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), The mast and sails of the large junk in the foreground create an interesting play of triangular forms that reflect and frame the form of Fuji in the distance. The deep blue hue of the water in the foreground of the print finds a visual counterpoint in the inky blue band that reaches across the horizon and sky
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Sea, Kazusa, Kazusa no kairo, series, Thirty-six Views, Mount Fuji, Fugaku sanjūrokkei, 冨嶽三十六景 上総の海路, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 9 7/8, 25.1 cm, W, 15 1/16, 38.3, Prints, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1760–1849, mast, sails, large junk, foreground create, interesting play, triangular forms, reflect, frame, form, Fuji, distance, deep blue, hue, water, foreground, print finds, visual counterpoint, inky band, reaches across, horizon, sky
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