Hanga
Fuji no uraba, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)" by Chōbunsai Eishi — Japanese Color woodblock print; oban triptych, c. 1789/94

Fuji no uraba, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"

by Chōbunsai Eishi

Ukiyo-e
Mount Fuji
Date:
c. 1789/94
Medium:
Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Description

Fuji no uraba, from "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)," by Chōbunsai Eishi, 1784; color woodblock print, ōban triptych. A procession of elegantly dressed women in patterned kimono moves across a garden and veranda toward a building with a slatted bamboo blind and railed engawa; an ox-cart with a large spoked wheel stands at the left beside an open parasol, and a covered palanquin waits at the right. Figures in green, black, rose, and cream robes with floral and geometric patterns are set against soft ochre ground, pale gray architecture, and touches of foliage, with attendants and a seated figure on the veranda steps completing the quiet, orderly scene.

More Prints by Chōbunsai Eishi

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Hatsune and Utano by Chōbunsai Eishi

Komurasaki of the Kadotamaya with Attendants Hatsune and Utano

c. 1790

Color woodblock print; oban

A Parody of the Tales of Ise by Chōbunsai Eishi

A Parody of the Tales of Ise

c. 1789/95

Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych

Kiyomizu, from the series "Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)" by Chōbunsai Eishi

Kiyomizu, from the series "Seven Komachi (Nana Komachi)"

c. 1791/92

Color woodblock print; chuban

A Woman's Poetry Party by Chōbunsai Eishi

A Woman's Poetry Party

c. 1793

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

More Mount Fuji Prints

Fuji from tea farm by Ito Takashi

Fuji from tea farm

Woodblock print

Akasaka, Fujikawa, Okazaki, Chiryu, and Narumi, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki goshuku meisho)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Akasaka, Fujikawa, Okazaki, Chiryu, and Narumi, from the series "Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Five Stations (Tokaido gojusan eki goshuku meisho)"

c. 1830/35

Color woodblock print; oban

Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui

Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)"

1947

Color woodblock print; oban

Mt. Fuji in Rain (Ame no Fuji) by Kawase Hasui

Mt. Fuji in Rain (Ame no Fuji)

n.d.

Color woodblock print

Featured in Collections

Curated cross-cuts that include this print.

Mount Fuji in Japanese Woodblock Prints

Frequently Asked Questions

Fuji no uraba, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)" was created by Chōbunsai Eishi (鳥文斎栄之) in c. 1789/94.

Fuji no uraba, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)" depicts mount fuji.