Summit of Fujiyama
- Date:
- 1928
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
The Summit of Fujiyama presents Mount Fuji from its highest point — a vantage few artists depicted, the crater and volcanic geology replacing the elegant cone seen from the plains below. Yoshida climbed Fuji multiple times and was unusual among shin-hanga artists in depicting the mountain from its own summit rather than from a distance. The 1928 print captures the barren, otherworldly quality of the crater zone, the horizon dropping away on all sides and the sky taking on the deep blue of high altitude, a view utterly unlike the romantic distance-shots that dominated Fuji imagery.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Summit of Fujiyama was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1928.
Summit of Fujiyama was published by Yoshida Studio (1928).
Summit of Fujiyama depicts landscapes, mount fuji, and mountains, set at Mount Fuji.