Sora moeru 空燃える (The Sky is Aflame) / Sanju-roku Fuji 三十六富士 (Thirty-Six Fujis)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- British Museum
- Image courtesy of
- British Museum
Description
A dark blue, near-silhouetted Mount Fuji rises against a sky of mottled red and black clouds, the fiery red dominating the upper portion and fading to near-black at the top edge. The composition is spare and abstracted, with no other landscape details, figures, or structures visible — just the mountain's triangular form set against the burning sky. A color reference bar with black, red, yellow, blue, and green swatches runs along the bottom edge of the print.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sora moeru 空燃える (The Sky is Aflame) / Sanju-roku Fuji 三十六富士 (Thirty-Six Fujis) was created by Hideo Hagiwara (萩原英雄).
Sora moeru 空燃える (The Sky is Aflame) / Sanju-roku Fuji 三十六富士 (Thirty-Six Fujis) depicts landscapes.