御厩川岸より両国橋夕日見 Ommayagashi Yori Ryōgokubashi no Sekiyō o Miru (Viewing Sunset over Ryōgoku Bridge from the Ommaya Embankment), Katsushika Hokusai

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1760–1849
御厩川岸より両国橋夕日見 Ommayagashi Yori Ryōgokubashi no Sekiyō o Miru (Viewing Sunset over Ryōgoku Bridge from the Ommaya Embankment), circa 1830, Edo period (1600–1868)
Portfolio/Series title: 富岳三十六景 Fugaku sanjūrokkei (Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 250 x 371 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 13/16 x 14 5/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 250 x 371 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 13/16 x 14 5/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.7795
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Archive Label 2003:
The ferryboat, crossing the Sumida River in Edo (Tokyo) at sunset, is filled with a cross section of the populace of that busy city: a samurai, pedlars, a mother and her baby, a blind man, a monk or nun, a bird-catcher and the ferryman. All look at the dark blue silhouette of Mt. Fuji framed against what was originally a pale pink sky. The publisher has displayed his trademark prominently on the cloth bundle of the passenger standing with his back to us.

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