KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) 'SENJU IN MUSASHI PROVINCE', FROM THE SERIES THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI, ca. 1831

titled Bushu Senju, published by Nishimura Yohachi

Fairly good impression and colours. A little trimmed, mostly left and bottom edge. Centre fold. Mounting tape marks on the reverse upper edge.
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The Fuji is here seen from Senju, near the Arakawa river in the Kantö mountains in the northern part of modern Tokyo. A horseman takes a glimpse at the snow-covered Fuji, passing by two fishermen angling in a canal next to a floodgate. The stance of his horse with lowered down head and tail echoes the conical shape of the Fuji, while the lead rein forms an inverted triangle under the weight of a small turtle he captured, also evoking the shape of the sacred mountain. The floodgate provides vertical lines flattening the surface of the composition while accentuating the spatial recession of the landscape.