Distant View of Mt. Fuji from the Hakone Mountains
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
Description
From high in the Hakone mountains, Kiyochika frames a distant view of Mount Fuji across intervening ridges and valleys — a compositional approach that emphasises the mountain's scale through the drama of layered topography. The Hakone viewpoint was a traditional station on the Tōkaidō road and a familiar subject in landscape series from Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views onward. Kiyochika's treatment brings Meiji-era atmospheric sensitivity to bear on a subject his Edo-period predecessors had codified.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Distant View of Mt. Fuji from the Hakone Mountains was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Distant View of Mt. Fuji from the Hakone Mountains depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji, Hakone.