Fuji Sunset
by Joel Karhu
- Date:
- 2020
- Medium:
- Woodblock
- Image courtesy of
- Tolman Collection Tokyo
Description
Printed in 2020, Fuji Sunset places Mount Fuji within the 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. 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 treatments of the subject. The flatness of the woodblock medium suits the scene's compressed aerial perspective.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Fuji Sunset was created by Joel Karhu in 2020.
Fuji Sunset depicts landscapes and mount fuji.