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The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces

飛越国境之廻橋（諸国名橋奇覧）

  • Distant View
  • Bridge
  • Mountain
  • Figures
The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces — Hokusai woodblock landscape — The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
Katsushika Hokusai. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).

The Suspension Bridge on the Border of Hida and Etchū Provinces. Hokusai organizes landscape through viewpoint and form — compare this sheet with others in the same series.

Check viewpoint tags: bird’s-eye, looking up, distant, or from between the waves.

Follow how water, mountain, bridge, and figure forms divide the composition.

Extended Japanese viewing notes: 飛越国境之廻橋（諸国名橋奇覧）.

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