Hokusai's genre scenes, bijin-ga (beautiful women), and miscellaneous subjects represent the breadth of his career across more than seven decades. The market for non-landscape Hokusai prints has strengthened as collectors seek beyond the most famous designs.
Figures cross a narrow footbridge over a garden stream or countryside rivulet in this ebangire [surimono](/glossary/surimono), the irregular format tilting the composition at a slight angle that mirrors the informal, precarious pleasure of the crossing. Produced around 1795, the print belongs to Hokusai's mature surimono output, in which everyday moments of transit and leisure are elevated into occasions for refined pictorial contemplation.
1821
Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; surimono shikishiban
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
1822
Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
c. 1832
Color woodblock print; oban
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
On the footbridge was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in n.d..
On the footbridge depicts landscapes, figures, and bridges.