Sekiya Village on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), 冨嶽三十六景 隅田川関屋の里, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 10 in. (25.4 cm); W. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), The speed and urgency of the galloping horsemen stand in contrast to the solitary and static image of Fuji capping the horizon like an omniscient observer and marking that which is eternal. The raised road that winds into the depths of the print directs our gaze to the mountain, as do the trees that function as a framing device
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Sekiya Village, Sumida River, Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato, series, Thirty-six Views, Mount Fuji, Fugaku sanjūrokkei, 冨嶽三十六景 隅田川関屋の里, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 10, 25.4 cm, W, 15 1/4, 38.7, Prints, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1760–1849, speed, urgency, galloping horsemen, stand, contrast, solitary, static image, Fuji capping, horizon, omniscient observer, marking, eternal, raised road, winds, depths, print directs, our, gaze, mountain, do, trees, function, framing device
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