Ship in the Storm ☵ Rousseau ☳ Canvas sunset and a Japanese woodblock print

and a Japanese woodblock print of "Geishas in a Landscape" by Satō Torakiyo from the 1870s

dramatizes Maria Altmann's story

This print depicts a scene from the story of Kohada Koheiji

and the Houses of Parliament

Ship in the Storm ☵ Rousseau ☳ Canvas sunset and a Japanese woodblock printShip in the Storm (1899, Navire dans la Tempte) by Henri Rousseau appears to be based on a combination of different ships, featuring portholes like an ocean liner, and a cutwater like a battleship. Rough gray waves and darkened sky contrast with the blue, white and red of the boat, with no effect of depth. It has similarities to the DEncastreux cruiser, launched to sea by the French Navy in 1896. Another influence may be the passenger ships of