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Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji · 05 / 14

Reflection in Lake Misaka, Kai Province

甲州三坂水面（冨嶽三十六景）

  • Distant View
  • Water
  • Mountain
Upside-down Fuji mirrored on the lake surface, paired with the solid peak above — Reflection in Lake Misaka, Kai Province. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
Katsushika Hokusai. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).

Kai Province’s Lake Misaka offers Hokusai a lesson in real and reflected form. The distant viewpoint lets both Fujis share equal weight.

Water and mountain forms split the sheet — compare ink treatment of real vs. reflected peak.

Distant framing makes the lake a flat mirror; trace the symmetry axis.

Pair with Shichiri Beach to see how Hokusai layers water, land, and Fuji differently.

Extended Japanese viewing notes: 甲州三坂水面（冨嶽三十六景）.

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