Mount Fuji from Tago-no-ura — the famous bay in Suruga Province from which the mountain's reflection in calm water was a classical subject since the Man'yōshū — appears in this 1920s nishiki-e, likely a late or posthumous publication from Kiyochika's designs. The Tago-no-ura viewpoint, associated with the Yamabe no Akahito poem collected in the Hyakunin Isshu, carried enormous literary prestige, and Kiyochika's treatment likely engages with that classical tradition while bringing his own atmospheric sensibility to the reflective seascape.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mt. Fuji from Tago-no-ura was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in 1920s-1930s.
Mt. Fuji from Tago-no-ura depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
Mt. Fuji from Tago-no-ura measures 37.8 × 16.8 cm (Oban format).
