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, 9 1/2 x 14 7/8 in. (24.1 x 37.8 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), 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. This repetition of color serves to flatten out the scene, bridging the distance between near and far
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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, 9 1/2 x 14 7/8, 24.1 37.8 cm, Prints, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1760–1849, deep, blue, hue, water, foreground, print finds, visual counterpoint, inky blue, band, reaches across, horizon, sky, repetition, color serves, flatten out, scene, bridging, distance, far
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