Mt. Fuji art print, ‘The Kazusa Province Sea Route’ by Katsushika Hokusai

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17.The Kazusa Province Sea Route

  Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) used the Prussian blue pigment also for the ukiyo-e art effectively. This woodblock printing seems to be drawn from the view point of Uraga Channel in the Kazusa Province (today’s Chiba Prefecture).   On the Boso Peninsula, there were many harbors including, Kemigawa Harbor, Kisarazu Harbor, and Yawata-ura.   We can see the faces of the crew from the Benzai-ship and Mt. Fuji in the triangle made by the rope and sail.   Mt. Fuji, the ropes and the waves make a lot of triangle in this image.           Previous
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Tsukuda Island in Musashi Province from "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji"
16.Tsukuda Island in Musashi Province  16. Tsukuda Island in Musashi Province Several ships and two islands float on the Tokyo Bay. Ishikawa island is covered with trees on the left side and Tsukuda Island is the one where crowded with the fishermen's houses on the right side.  Except for the small waves the boats are raising, it has a quiet sea level like a mirror. You can get to know the life that used the boat for fishing, taking people on, and carrying luggage.&nb…
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Bay of Noboto from "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji"
18.Bay of Noboto  18. Bay of Noboto People are gathering the shells in shallows of Bay of Noboto. The two Torii of Towatari Shrine in the sea. They take a similar figure and the simple line of Mt. Fuji is placed in the bigger one. Katsushika Hokusai（1760-1849) often employed the composition that the mountain show its appearance in a space of a strucure.  Learn about the Japanese Shinto shrine The fishermen are carrying a cage full of shells, the women are talking and…
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