river tama and mount fuji hokusaiHokusai's painting "River Tama and Mount Fuji" illustrates the very essence of ukiyo e, a genre of Japanese art depicting the floating world. The landscape is dominated by a soothing serenity: in the foreground, the banks of the river Tama, reflecting the shades of the sky while guiding our eyes towards Mount Fuji in the background, majestic and distant. Hokusai, the undisputed master of ukiyo e, used contrasts and harmonious colours to emphasise the