Autumn in Funatsu (Funatsu no aki)

Autumn in Funatsu, published in 1953, depicts the village of Funatsu at the base of Mount Fuji near Lake Motosu — one of the Fuji Five Lakes region's smaller settlements, its traditional farmhouses and agricultural landscape set against the mountain's autumn-colored lower slopes. Funatsu provides a human-scale foreground to the great volcano: thatched rooftops, vegetable gardens, and autumn-colored maples situating Fuji within the agricultural community that has always lived in its shadow. Hasui's late-career exploration of the Fuji foothills found in the village subjects a warmth and intimacy distinct from the mountain's more monumental treatment.