KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Onmayagashi yori ryogokubashi no sekiyo o miru (Viewing the evening sun at Ryogoku Bridge from Onmayagashi)

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Onmayagashi yori ryogokubashi no sekiyo o miru (Viewing the evening sun at Ryogoku Bridge from Onmayagashi)
Woodblock print, from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji), signed saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1832
Horizontal oban: 10 x 14 7/8 in. (25.4 x 37.8 cm.)

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The Onmaya ferry laden with passengers and luggage sets out from Honcho on the east bank of the Sumida river with a destination of Onmayagashi on the opposite, west bank of the river. Arching across the river on the left is the Ryogoku Bridge, with Mount Fuji on the horizon silhouetted against the evening sky.

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