Printed in 2020, Fuji Sunset places Mount Fuji within the [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e) tradition of famous-place imagery while filtering it through Karhu's contemporary eye. The subject invites a warm chromatic range — deep vermillions, burnt oranges, and muted purples — achieved through multiple ink applications on dampened [washi](/glossary/washi). [Bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations would be essential here, pulling the sky from saturated color at the horizon to cooler tones above. Fuji's cone, rendered in silhouette or near-silhouette, anchors the lower third of the composition, a structural choice common in Western-influenced [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) treatments of the subject. The flatness of the woodblock medium suits the scene's compressed aerial perspective.
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.
Fuji Sunset was created by Joel Karhu in 2020.
Fuji Sunset depicts landscapes and mount fuji.
