Catalog record · 目録番号 52276
Waterwheel at Onden (Onden no suisha)
隠田乃水車
Catalog note / 解説
Hokusai's print is full of action, depicting four farmers hard at work. The stylized water also adds vitality and motion to the scene. Hokusai was one of the pioneer artists to apply Western techniques (in this case, Western perspective) to Japanese art. This blending of traditional, stylized depiction along with Western perspective would become a trademark of Hokusai's style. (from Nostalgic Japan exhibition (6/8/2005-) - - - - - - - - - - - - In this print, Hokusai contrasts the activities of people completely absorbed in their task with Mount Fuji, remote and untouched by the human condition. In his time, mills for hulling rice were powered by the waters of the Shibuya River in Onden. Lo…
Image record / 画像情報
MFA · Edo period, 1615-1868 · mfa
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