‘Tea house at Koishikawa, the Morning after a Snowfall’ by Katsushika Hokusai

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11.Tea house at Koishikawa, the Morning after a Snowfall

 

11. Tea house at Koishikawa. The morning after a snowfall

 

The series of “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji” contains 46 ukiyo-e woodblock printings, but the image is just the single artworks of the snowy scene.

 

From the second floor of the tea house, people enjoy the view that a snowfall during the night made. 

 

One of the women is pointing at the three flying crows. The small figures show the height of the blue sky.

 

 

 

 

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