Noboto Bay (Noboto no ura), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) ca. 1830–32 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese Men and women gather shellfish under torii, entrance gates to shrines, which mark the transition from secular to religious spaces. Hokusai has cleverly used the torii to frame Fuji, suggesting, in turn, the mountain's sacred, iconic Noboto Bay (Noboto no ura), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) 56216

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