Taisekiji, the head temple of Nichiren Shoshu in Shizuoka Prefecture, faces directly toward Mt Fuji from its position at the foot of the mountain. The subject returned Koizumi to his birth prefecture — he was born in Shizuoka before moving to Tokyo — and joins the long tradition of [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e) featuring Fuji from named viewpoints, descending from Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views and Hiroshige's Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji. The composition likely places the temple's architecture in the middle ground with Fuji rising behind, employing [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) to render the gradient of sky and the snowcap on the peak. As across his output, Koizumi cut and printed every block himself, fulfilling the [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) ideal even when the subject — Fuji from a named place — sits squarely within the [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) landscape repertoire and the older meisho-e lineage that defined Edo-period printmaking.
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
![Kiba Lumberyard along the River at Fukugawa (New Edition) [Fukagawa-ku, kiba no kawasuji (shinpan)], from the series "One Hundred Views of Great Tokyo in the Showa Era (Showa dai Tokyo fukei hyaku zue hanga)" by Kishio Koizumi](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f6380c15-6d23-c26a-899d-08ead4db792b/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
1940
Color woodblock print; oban
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mt Fuji from Taisekiji Temple was created by Kishio Koizumi (小泉癸巳男).
Mt Fuji from Taisekiji Temple depicts temples & shrines and mount fuji.