Yoshiwara: Mt. Fuji and Cherry Blossoms
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Description
The station of Yoshiwara offers one of the Tokaido's most celebrated Fuji views — the mountain seen across an open coastal plain decorated in spring with cherry blossoms, the pink and white of the flowers providing a seasonal counterpoint to the volcano's permanent snow-capped summit. Sekino's version of this iconic pairing brings his color woodblock mastery to bear on a subject so freighted with art-historical precedent that originality requires finding something new within the familiar compositional grammar.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yoshiwara: Mt. Fuji and Cherry Blossoms was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎).
Yoshiwara: Mt. Fuji and Cherry Blossoms depicts landscapes, cherry blossoms, and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.