Fudo Hill, Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako, Fudozaka)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1936
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Fudo Hill at Lake Yamanaka, published in 1936, depicts the Fudo-zaka (Fudo slope or hill) at Lake Yamanaka — the largest and highest of the Fuji Five Lakes, situated on the mountain's northeastern flank — with Fuji prominent in the background above the lake's northern shore. Fudo Hill's position beside the lake gave Hasui a mid-ground landscape element — the wooded slope dedicated to Fudo-myoo, the immovable Buddhist deity of fire and water — between the lake's surface and the mountain's cone. The bokashi sky gives the composition the atmospheric depth needed to convey the elevated altitude and the mountain's scale.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Fudo Hill, Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako, Fudozaka) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1936.
Fudo Hill, Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako, Fudozaka) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print; oban.
Fudo Hill, Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako, Fudozaka) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1936).
Fudo Hill, Lake Yamanaka (Yamanakako, Fudozaka) depicts rivers & lakes.