Tuesday, January 18, 2022

The year is 1830 or so

 

Katsushika Hokusai Ejiri in Suruga Province

 NY Times close read of Katsushika Hokusai: “Ejiri in Suruga Province.” It’s the 10th image in his renowned cycle “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji.”

The year is 1830 or so: the waning days of the Tokugawa shogunate. And from the northwest, a wind is blowing with the force of a steamroller.

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