Fuji New Grand Hotel, Lake Yamanaka
- Date:
- c. 1937
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 40 × 27.5 cm
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
Lake Yamanaka at the foot of Mount Fuji provided an exclusive resort setting for the Fuji New Grand Hotel, a Western-style establishment that catered to wealthy Japanese and foreign visitors from the 1910s onward. Yoshida's circa-1937 composition places the hotel building within the broader scenic frame of the lake and mountain, the modern tourism infrastructure coexisting with Japan's most ancient sacred peak. The subject bridges the old and new Japan that Yoshida consistently documented across his career.
More Prints by Hiroshi Yoshida
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Fuji New Grand Hotel, Lake Yamanaka was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in c. 1937.
Fuji New Grand Hotel, Lake Yamanaka was published by Yoshida Studio (c. 1937).
Fuji New Grand Hotel, Lake Yamanaka depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
Fuji New Grand Hotel, Lake Yamanaka measures 40 × 27.5 cm (Oban format).