Fukagawa mannenbashi sita by Katsushika Hokusai Oskar Schlemmer and the particular quality of

and the particular quality of that coastal light

The overall mood is deeply calming

Geometric forms in muted and saturated tones play against one another

Published in 1807

sharp blacks

Fukagawa mannenbashi sita by Katsushika Hokusai Oskar Schlemmer and the particular quality ofUnder the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa is one of Hokusai's Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji (c. 183032), framing the distant mountain through the wooden arch of a bridge in Edo's Fukagawa district. The composition plays the immediate, human scale of the bridge and passing boats against Fuji's quiet permanence in the background a favourite device Hokusai returned to throughout the series. As an archival fine art print, the crisp linework and subtle tonal