Yarigatake
- Date:
- 1926
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Yoshida Studio
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Yarigatake — the "Spear Peak" — is one of the most distinctively shaped summits in the Japanese Alps, its needle-like crest rising steeply above the Azusa River valley in Nagano Prefecture. Yoshida's 1926 print captures the peak that is often called the Matterhorn of Japan, its pointed summit visible from great distances as a navigational landmark for mountaineers. The mountain's jagged profile presented a compositional challenge quite different from Fuji's smooth cone, and Yoshida's treatment demonstrates his ability to translate complex geological forms into the flat vocabulary of the woodblock medium.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yarigatake was created by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博) in 1926.
Yarigatake was published by Yoshida Studio (1926).
Yarigatake depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and mountains.