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- Katsushika Hokusai
1760–1849
born: Katsushika ward, Edo (present-day Tokyo), Japan ; died: Edo (present-day Tokyo), Japan
- Akasaka station (A) Fujikawa station (B), circa 1804 (Edo period 1600–1868)
- Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi (The 53 Stations of the Tokaido), popularly known as Koban Tōkaidō
- Where object was made: Japan
- color woodcut
- Sheet/Paper Dimensions: 128 x 184 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions: 5 1/16 x 7 1/4 in
Mat Dimensions: 14 x 19 in - William Bridges Thayer Memorial
- Not on display
- 1928.7777.a,b
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Open page with bookmarkable url
- Description
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A- Woman weaving net of hemp in interior. Boy by her feet. To left, a two leaf screen with posted mekuri, one of Mt. Fuji, another a calligraphic inscription with seals. Cloudy effect, empty space in upper left.
B- Travellers in foggy clouds, some on horseback approaching river and bridge. Shrine in distance (identified as Sekizan shrine).