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Ancient View of Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province

三河八橋之圖（諸国名橋奇覧）

  • Bird's-eye View
  • Bridge
  • Water
Ancient View of Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province — Hokusai woodblock landscape — Ancient View of Yatsuhashi in Mikawa Province. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).
Katsushika Hokusai. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (public domain).

Ancient View of Yatsuhashi in Mikawa 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: 三河八橋之圖（諸国名橋奇覧）.

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