Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Viewing the Sunset over Ryōgoku Bridge from the Onmayagashi Embankment
御厩川岸より両国橋夕陽見 · Onmayagashi yori Ryōgokubashi yūhi mi
Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1830–32
What it is
A crowded ferry crosses the Sumida at dusk from the Onmaya embankment, Ryōgoku Bridge stretches across the river beyond, and Fuji is dark against the evening sky.
Why it matters
Hokusai catches the end of the day as people head home, with the mountain gone to silhouette.
What to notice
The ferry’s passengers sit packed together, and the long line of the bridge runs across the sheet behind them.
The day ends on the water, and everyone faces the same way.
The record
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760–1849)
- Series
- Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
- Date
- c. 1830–32
- Publisher
- Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō)
- Medium
- woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art · JP2554
Impression note. The series sold well and was printed in large numbers. The first sheets lean on the newly imported Prussian blue, outlines included; later printings add colours and soften the key block. This is the largest clean open impression of the design the Met holds. Impression variance is real — printings differ in wiping and fading — and choosing the finest openly held impression is the curatorial act.
Public domain; faithfully reproduced.
Bring it home
Printed to order on EMA matte art paper, 200gsm.
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Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)Thunderstorm Beneath the SummitKatsushika Hokusai · c. 1830–32
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