Sekiya Village on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
The speed and urgency of the galloping horsemen stand in contrast to the solitary and static image of Fuji capping the horizon like an omniscient observer and marking that which is eternal. The raised road that winds into the depths of the print directs our gaze to the mountain, as do the trees that function as a framing device.
Artwork Details
- 冨嶽三十六景 隅田川関屋の里
- Title: Sekiya Village on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
- Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1830–32
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm); W. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
- Object Number: JP1338
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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