Fuji 90

This woodblock print depicts Mount Fuji, rendered in Kaneko's characteristic graphic idiom rather than the atmospheric naturalism of earlier [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e) traditions. The title's numerical suffix suggests the work was produced in 1990 or belongs to a numbered Fuji series. Kaneko typically approaches iconic subjects with flattened planes of color and strong contour lines, stripping the mountain of its conventional mist and graduated [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) in favor of bold, design-forward composition. The result places Fuji within a contemporary graphic vocabulary while retaining the mokuhanga medium's capacity for subtle ink modulation. Vivid, saturated color blocks likely define the peak, sky, and foreground, making the print feel more akin to modern graphic design than classical landscape tradition—a deliberate tension between subject and approach that characterizes much of Kaneko's output.