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Mt. Fuji in Rain (Ame no Fuji) by Kawase Hasui — Japanese Color woodblock print, n.d.

Mt. Fuji in Rain (Ame no Fuji)

by Kawase Hasui

Shin-hanga
Mount FujiRain
Bokashi
Mount Fuji
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Color woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo

Description

Mount Fuji in Rain (Ame no Fuji), undated, depicts Japan's sacred volcano obscured and softened by rainfall — the rain's gray curtain reducing the sharp silhouette to a soft presence behind moisture-laden air, the mountain's lower slopes disappearing into clouds while only the upper cone remains faintly visible. The rain treatment of Fuji is among the most atmospheric and tonally challenging in Hasui's Fuji catalog: the mountain's characteristic clarity dissolved into a gray diffusion, the surrounding landscape wet and muted. The bokashi sky gradations in this composition capture the way rain light saturates the atmosphere around the mountain.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mt. Fuji in Rain (Ame no Fuji) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in n.d..

Mt. Fuji in Rain (Ame no Fuji) uses Bokashi, on color woodblock print.

Mt. Fuji in Rain (Ame no Fuji) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (n.d.).

Mt. Fuji in Rain (Ame no Fuji) depicts mount fuji and rain, set at Mount Fuji.