1831
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
冨嶽三十六景 本所立川|Tatekawa in Honjō (Honjō Tatekawa), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) is a 1831 ink by Katsushika Hokusai, a Japonisme work, depicting House, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a busy riverside scene with workers rebuilding a house. One man climbs a ladder on the right, another leans over a wall with tools, and a third stands on a roof, maybe fixing tiles. The background has small houses, trees, and a faint mountain in the distance. Notice how the workers are scattered—some lifting beams, others carrying wood. The print mixes calm colors with the hard work happening up close. If you like this, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build texture with lines.
Katsushika Hokusai spent his life in Edo, now Tokyo, where he drew and carved prints for a living.
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