Thirty-six Views of Sutro Tower

After Hokusai and Hiroshige

The title is Hokusai's: his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, c. 1830–33, the same mountain from thirty-six places (and ten more). Hiroshige answered it in 1858, and drew One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. Each view of Sutro Tower here is beside the print it answers, one more each month.

Summer fog rolling over Twin Peaks and swallowing Sutro Tower, seen over the rooftops and bougainvillea from Kite Hill. — View 04 · Kite Hill
After Katsushika Hokusai, Inume Pass in Kai Province, c. 1830–33. Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. Public domain.

Katsushika Hokusai, Inume Pass in Kai Province — View 04 · Kite Hill
After Katsushika Hokusai, Inume Pass in Kai Province, c. 1830–33. Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. Public domain.

A man in a hat walking down the Liberty Street steps at dusk, the street dropping away below him and Sutro Tower on the ridge against an orange sky. — View 03 · Liberty Street Steps
After Katsushika Hokusai, Sundai, Edo, c. 1830–33. Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. Public domain.

Katsushika Hokusai, Sundai, Edo — View 03 · Liberty Street Steps
After Katsushika Hokusai, Sundai, Edo, c. 1830–33. Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. Public domain.

A kitesurfer under an orange kite on the bay off the Marina, the Palace of Fine Arts on the shore and Sutro Tower on the hill behind. — View 02 · On the Bay
After Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, c. 1830–33. Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. Public domain.

Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa — View 02 · On the Bay
After Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, c. 1830–33. Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection. Public domain.

Long exposure of Sutro Tower at night, star trails streaking across the sky, with summer fog lying over the lit-up houses below Corona Heights. — View 01 · Corona Heights
After Utagawa Hiroshige, Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi bridge and Atake, 1857. Art Institute of Chicago, Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection. Public domain.

Utagawa Hiroshige, Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi bridge and Atake — View 01 · Corona Heights
After Utagawa Hiroshige, Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi bridge and Atake, 1857. Art Institute of Chicago, Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection. Public domain.

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