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.
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](/glossary/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.
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.
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.
