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Shimomeguro

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Shimomeguro, also titled Lower Meguro, is a color woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. It was made around 1830-32 during the Edo period and depicts Meguro, then a farming area on the southeastern outskirts of Edo, with Mount Fuji placed inconspicuously between hills. The composition combines a local rural setting with a distant view of the mountain.

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Who created Shimomeguro, also called Lower Meguro?

Shimomeguro is a color woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai. It belongs to the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.

What location does Hokusai's Shimomeguro depict?

The print depicts Meguro, which was a farming area on the southeastern outskirts of Edo during the Edo period. Mount Fuji appears as the major distant landmark in the scene.

When was Shimomeguro made?

Shimomeguro was made around 1830 to 1832. That places it within Hokusai's celebrated period of landscape printmaking for Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.

Why is Mount Fuji important in Shimomeguro?

Mount Fuji is the visual subject linking the print to Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series. The work contrasts that distant mountain with the rural outskirts of Edo at Meguro.

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