Viewing the Sunset over Ryōgoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryōgokubashi sekiyō o miru), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), 冨嶽三十六景 御厩川岸より両国橋夕陽見, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 9 15/16 x 14 11/16 in. (25.2 x 37.3 cm), Prints, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), The contemplative attitude of the oarsman who has momentarily stopped to admire the view mirrors the spectator's own thoughtful act of looking. This meditative mood finds a physical counterpart in the soft, smoky tonalities of the evening sky and the gentle waves of the swelling river
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Viewing, Sunset, Ryōgoku Bridge, Onmaya Embankment, Onmayagashi yori Ryōgokubashi sekiyō o miru, series, Thirty-six Views, Mount Fuji, Fugaku sanjūrokkei, 冨嶽三十六景 御厩川岸より両国橋夕陽見, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1830–32, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 9 15/16 x 14 11/16, 25.2 37.3 cm, Prints, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Tokyo, Edo, 1760–1849, contemplative, attitude, oarsman, momentarily stopped, admire, view mirrors, spectator, own thoughtful, act, looking, meditative mood, finds, physical counterpart, soft, smoky tonalities, evening sky, gentle waves, swelling river
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