$200–$1,500. Common prints: $200–$500. Key value factors: Maeda's prints are modestly priced and accessible.
"Mt. Fuji" is an [oban](/glossary/oban) woodblock print by Koichi Maeda offering another perspective on Japan's tallest and most revered peak. Standing 3,776 meters above sea level, Fuji is visible from vast distances on clear days, and each vantage point yields a different impression of its symmetrical volcanic cone. Maeda's treatment likely emphasizes the mountain's relationship to its surrounding landscape rather than isolating the peak as a solitary icon. The woodblock medium is well suited to rendering Fuji's clean profile, with flat color blocks building the snow-capped summit and forested lower slopes in distinct tonal layers. This print stands alongside Maeda's other Fuji works as part of an ongoing conversation with the mountain, each view revealing something new about a subject that has never exhausted the interest of Japanese artists.
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 was created by Koichi Maeda (前田光一).
Mt. Fuji depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
