Nishi Izu, Kisho no Fuji
by Kawase Hasui
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Image courtesy of
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Nishi Izu, on the western shore of the Izu Peninsula, provides one of the few Pacific coastal vantage points from which Mount Fuji appears directly across open water. Hasui's 'Kisho no Fuji' title signals a focus on atmospheric instability—clouds gathering at the summit, light shifting across the bay—rather than the canonical clear-sky image of the mountain. The print likely depicts a rocky shoreline or pine-fringed promontory in the foreground, with fishing vessels or calm water in the middle ground and Fuji rising through layered haze. Bokashi gradients in the sky would carry the tonal shift from stormy grays to paler blues, a technical challenge that Hasui and his printer-collaborators executed with precision across multiple woodblocks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nishi Izu, Kisho no Fuji was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水).
Nishi Izu, Kisho no Fuji depicts landscapes.