Fujiyama from Yoshida
- Date:
- 1926
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
A snow-capped Mount Fuji dominates the composition, its steep slopes rendered in deep indigo-grey with streaks of bare rock breaking through the white summit snow. Below, a wide expanse of olive-green foothills and plains stretches toward the foreground, marked with darker patches and a winding pale path or river, under a pale blue sky that fades to soft peach near the horizon. This 1926 woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida, titled "Fujiyama from Yoshida," presents the mountain in quiet, still daylight with no figures present.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Fujiyama from Yoshida was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1926.
Fujiyama from Yoshida was published by Yoshida Studio (1926).
Fujiyama from Yoshida depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.