Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshū Suwako), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai Japanese

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The thatched roof of the Japanese shrine echoes the twin-peaked shape of Fuji's summit. This analogizing of form, a common technique in Hokusai's visual vocabulary, serves to set up a visual and symbolic dialogue between the sacred mountain and the religious shrine.

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshū Suwako), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan

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