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Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province

上野佐野舟橋之古図（諸国名橋奇覧）

  • Distant View
  • Bridge
  • Figures
  • Water
Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province — Hokusai woodblock landscape — Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
Katsushika Hokusai. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).

Old View of the Boat-bridge at Sano in Kōzuke Province. 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: 上野佐野舟橋之古図（諸国名橋奇覧）.

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