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HOKUSA BY

A. HYATT MAYOR

WITH AN ESSAY BY YASUKO BETCHAKU ASSISTANT

CURATOR,

DEPARTMENT

OF FAR EASTERN ART

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Thirty-sixViewsof Fuji, about 1831-33. INSIDECOVERS:Fencers. Fromthe Manga,Vol. VI, 1817. i TITLEPAGE,PAGES3, 5, 7: Galloping horse and two archers.

Fromthe Manga,Vol. VI, 1817.Man swallowinga sword.From the Manga,Vol. X, 1819. ABOVE, RIGHT: Some prize-winning"talents"of gluttony. A

tough-jawedeater bites greedilyinto a persimmonsuspendedby a string. One glutton racesthroughbowlsof noodles; another tosses whole rice cakes into his mouth. Fromthe Manga,Vol. X.

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BELOW,RIGHT:Variousmagicaltalents. A magicianturns into a

frog;another makes irisesbloom from the burningcharcoalin a brazier;a third multiplieshimself;a fourthturnssheets of paper into birds. Fromthe Manga,Vol. X.

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Late 1790s-early 1800s. OPPOSITE,ABOVE:Viewing the sunset

over Ry6gokuBridgefrom the bank of the SumidaRiver at Ommayagashi.The broadSumida is spannedby the great bridge. Beyond its farend Fujirisesdark and clear against the evening sky. From the near shore a ferryboatfull of men and women is startingto cross the water. FromThe Thirty-six Viewsof Fuji. OPPOSITE, BELOW: Illustrationof a poem

by Kiyowarano Fukayabu.The large prowof a pleasureboat is hung with lanterns, and two other boats are mooredon the river.Silhouettes of houses are seen on the opposite bank. How quicklythe night flowsin summer And dawn breaks. Long I sought the cloud-coveredmoon. FromThe HundredPoemsTold by the Nurse.

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Under Mannen Bridgeat Fukagawa.Distant Fujiis seen between the tall piersof the wide arch of Mannen Bridgeover the FukaRiver. People cross the bridge, a laden boat is poled upstreamin the foreground, and a man fishesfrom a rock in the stream. FromThe Thirty-sixViews of Fuji. * *

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Ushibori in the province of Hitachi. A largejunk is mooredamong reeds. Two herons take wing as a man leans out of the cabin to pourawaywaterin which rice has been washed. In the distance acrossthe marshesis Fuji. FromThe Thirty-sixViewsof Fuji.

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