From Yoshida's Ten Views of Mount Fuji series. Fuji subjects carry a 30–50% premium over comparable Japanese landscapes, driven by the mountain's universal appeal to both Japanese and international collectors. The more dramatically lit compositions — dawn, sunset, and snow scenes — achieve the highest figures within this subject category.
Fujiyama at first light — the brief, luminous interval when the rising sun touches the mountain's snow cap before it climbs fully clear of the horizon — is a subject of intense lyrical feeling in Japanese visual culture. Yoshida's 1926 print captures this transient moment with the precision of an early riser who has made the climb or positioned himself for this specific light. The pale gold and rose tones of the summit against pre-dawn indigo demonstrate his ability to render the most ephemeral atmospheric effects in stable woodblock color.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Fujiyama, First Light of the Sun was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1926.
Fujiyama, First Light of the Sun was published by Yoshida Studio (1926).
Fujiyama, First Light of the Sun depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
