View of Mt. Fuji
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
"View of Mt. Fuji" is Okuyama's straightforward engagement with Japan's most painted subject — the perfect volcanic cone of Fuji seen across the surrounding landscape, its white cap and symmetrical form asserting themselves against sky and foreground. Okuyama's version of this most canonical of Japanese landscape subjects would have applied his direct, personal sosaku-hanga vision to a subject weighed down by centuries of accumulated treatment, finding in his particular angle, light, and season the fresh observation that the movement demanded even of its most familiar subjects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
View of Mt. Fuji was created by Gihachiro Okuyama (奥山儀八郎).
View of Mt. Fuji depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.