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

Tokaido Ejiri Tago no ura ryaku zu (Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido)

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Tokaido Ejiri Tago no ura ryaku zu (Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido)
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: 9 ¾ x 14 ½ in. (24.8 x 36.8 cm.)

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The oarsmen aboard two fishing boats in Suruga bay strain hard against the rough waters, whilst a fisherman casts a net from the prow. On the shore, figures rake the flats and carry baskets of salt to kilns dotted along the beach. Another impression is in the British Museum, museum number 1906,1220,0.537; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number JP1288.

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