Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 52276

Waterwheel at Onden (Onden no suisha)

隠田乃水車

Artist / 作者: Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎
Date / 年代: 1830
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mfa
Digital record / 画像記録: 2000 × 1370 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Published by / 公開者: 黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利: Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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…

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