Mt. Fuji reflected

Data

Mt. Fuji reflected
Print   (Part of the set: Hokusai Famous Works)

Katsushika Hokusai
Takamizawa
Post-war

00039-018
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00039-018

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

This is from Hokusai’s famous ‘One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji.’

It seems he did an experiment here: instead of drawing the actual figure of the mountain, he chose the reflected shape on the lake - an upside-down Fuji. Hokusai has strongly influenced by the Western way of painting - including color usage, perspective, and more - aiming to break the conventional way of drawing.

The birds in the image are a flock of wild geese coming from a northern country late in autumn. Having finally found a land to spend the winter, they are resting here after a long flight. He depicted each bird so realistically that we can almost hear the birds' sounds!

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