Morning Fuji at Okitsu — 興津の朝富士
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Mount Fuji seen from Okitsu — a post town on the old Tōkaidō road where the highway ran close to the sea — is shown in the pale light of early morning, the mountain's cone rising above the coastal hills with a clarity that only comes with dawn's still air. The Japanese subtitle 興津の朝富士 names the viewpoint precisely, placing the print within a Fuji-viewing tradition that valued dawn sightings from the Tōkaidō stations. Kiyochika brings the same atmospheric sensitivity to this coastal Fuji view that he applied to his Sumida River night scenes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Morning Fuji at Okitsu — 興津の朝富士 was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Morning Fuji at Okitsu — 興津の朝富士 depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.