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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji Comentary

This is a commentary series on Hokusai’s Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, written not as critique, but from the perspective of a fellow artist. Each piece reflects on how Hokusai constructed his compositions—how he used balance, omission, rhythm, and gaze to bring Mount Fuji into conversation with daily life.

The goal is not to explain what is seen, but to follow how it was made—to uncover the quiet logic behind each stroke, and the structure that holds it all together.

These are reflections on composition, not descriptions of scenery.

This is not critique—it is resonance.

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1.Great Wave off Kanagawa 神奈川沖浪裏

6.Inume Pass in Kai Province 甲州犬目峠

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11.Shitirigahama in Sagami Province 相州七里浜

12.Tsukuda Island in the Musashi province 武陽佃嶌

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13.Ushibori in Hitachi Province 常州牛堀

14.Kajikazawa in Kai Province 甲州石班澤

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15.Lake Suwa in Shinano Province　信州諏訪湖

16.In the Mountain in Totomi Province 遠江山中

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21.Shimomeguro 下目黒

26.Sunset Over the Ryogoku Bridge 御厩川岸より両国橋夕陽見

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17.MIshima Pass in Kai Province 甲州三嶌越

22.The Kazusa Sea Route 上総ノ海路

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27.Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tōkaidō 東海道江尻田子の浦略図

18.Ejiri in Suruga Province 駿州江尻

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23.Noborito Bay 登戸浦

28.Enoshima in Sagami Province 相州江の島

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19.Hongakuji Temple at Asakusa in Edo 東都浅草本願寺

24.Toukaido Yoashida 東海道吉田

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29. Nihonbashi in Edo 江戸日本橋

20.Umezawa Manor in Sagami Province 相州梅澤左

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25.Koishikawa yuki no ashita 礫川雪の且

30.A sketch of the Mitsui shop in Suruga street in Edo 都駿河町三井見世略図

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31.The Lake at Hakone in Sagami Province 相州箱根湖水

136.Gohyaku Rakan-ji Sazai-do 五百らかん寺さざゐどう

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41.Dawn at Isawa in the Kai Province　甲州井沢暁

6.Fuji Pilgrim 諸人登山

2.Fine Wind, Clear Morning 凱風快晴

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7.Senjyu in the Musashi Province武州千住

32.Reflection in Lake at Misaka in Kai Province 甲州三坂水面

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37.The Bank of Fuji from the Minobu River 身延川裏不二

42.Honjo Tachikawa 本所立川

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3.Rainstorm Beneath the Summit 山下白雨

8.Cusion Pine at Aoyama 青山圓座枩

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33.The Waterwheel at Onden 隠田の水車

38.Fuji Viewed from the Pleasure Quarters at Senju 従千住花街眺望ノ不二

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43.The fuji from Kanaya on the Tokaido 東海道金谷ノ不二

4.Under the Fukagawa Bridge 深川萬年橋下

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9.Surugadai in Edo 東都駿台

34.Hodogaya on the Tokaido 東海道程ケ谷

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39.The Tea plantation of Katakura in the Suruga Province 駿州片倉茶園ノ不二

44.Nakahara in Sagami Province 相州仲原

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5.Fujimigahara in Owari Province 尾州不二見原

10.The Tamagawa River in Musashi Province 武州玉川

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35.Village of Sekiya at Sumida river 隅田川関屋の里

40.Fuji from Goten-yama in Shinagawa on the Tokaido 東海道品川御殿山ノ不二

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45.Ohno Shindon in the Suruga province　駿州大野新田