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The Waterwheel at Onden (Onden no suisha), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A large wooden waterwheel with a blue-painted perimeter and many spokes is on the left. Three people wearing dark blue clothes and conical straw hats are in front. One person is bending over on the right. A body of water and a snow-capped mountain are in the background on the right. A tree is to the right of the people. The sky fades from yellow at the horizon to beige at the top.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1830–32
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 407 px
Museum record:
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