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This is from Hokusai’s famous ’One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji’
Except for the foreground, everything - trees, rocks, and ships - is covered with river mist, and Mt. Fuji is vaguely seen in the distance.
In the original monochrome version, the ships are almost invisible, but once you notice the subtle shading, their shapes will be unmistakably recognizable. However, in this colored version, the shapes are clearly visible but appear as strange objects that are difficult to identify.
The foreground scene is very clear: local farmers are climbing the steep slope, each person carrying their working tools. They are depicted quite realistically, ready to start working in a fresh morning.
The diagonal line, running from the lower left to the upper right, splits the image into two different moods, yet these two worlds blend so naturally that the overall impression becomes very attractive by adding the deep perspective.
Other prints in this set
- Hokusai Famous Works
- Mt. Fuji from Meguro
- Mt. Fuji in a Snowstorm
- Women with a Telescope
- Night Fishing in Kōshū
- Fuji from the Sea
- Mt. Fuji from a Mountain Path
- Whirlpools at Awa
- Mt. Fuji Seen from Mishima
- A Bullfinch and a Drooping Cherry Tree
- Yotsuya Zyūnisō
- Scenery at Senbon Matsubara
- Fuji Seen Through the Willows
- Azuma and Yogorō in a Snowy Morning
- Mt. Fuji from a Reedy Riverbank
- Mother and Child
- Mt. Fuji in the Mist
- The Sumidagawa River
- Mt. Fuji reflected
- Travelers in Deep Snow
- Morning after Snowfall
- Woman in the Snow
- Mt. Fuji and a Dragon
- Humans Against the Raging Sea
- Fuji Reflected on the Sea
- Spring Picnic
- Mt. Fuji through a Fishing Net
- Woman and Willow Tree
- Fuji in Clear Weather
- Mt. Fuji from Lake Suwa
- Woman Reading
- Scenery at Shimada
- A Cormorant
- Mt. Fuji from Suzaki
- Women under a Mosquito Net
- Thunderstorm near Mt. Fuji
- Tipsy Woman
- Distant Mt. Fuji
- Grasshopper and Irises
- Harvest Scene
- The Kirifuri Falls
- A Stork
- The First Ferry-boat on New Year's Day
- Mt.Fuji with the Seven Bridges
- Scene on the Taki-no-kawa River
- Cleaning a Boat Hull
- Poppies
- Snow Scene at Sumida River
- Two Women Boating
- A Picnic Scene in the Edo Suburbs