Fujimi Ferry on Okawa River
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Edo-Tokyo Museum
- Image courtesy of
- Edo-Tokyo Museum
Description
A second treatment of the Fujimi Ferry crossing on the Okawa (another name for the lower Sumida River), this print shares its subject with the companion 大川冨士見渡 composition. Where the earlier Edo tradition depicted this crossing as a genre scene of ferry passengers and boatmen, Kiyochika's interpretation likely foregrounds the environmental quality of the scene — the play of reflected light on water, the hazy distance where Fuji's cone appears. The composition may include silhouetted figures on a low-gunwaled ferry, a device Kiyochika used to anchor atmospheric middle-ground and distant passages. The Okawa designation and the Fujimi subject together place this within his systematic documentation of Meiji Tokyo's waterways.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Fujimi Ferry on Okawa River was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Fujimi Ferry on Okawa River depicts landscapes.