$500–$4,000. Common landscapes: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Maeda Masao's atmospheric mountain and landscape prints have a dedicated following among sosaku-hanga collectors.
View of Mount Fuji from Lake Ashi — the classic composition looking across the Hakone caldera lake to the cone of Fuji rising beyond — is one of Maeda Masao's contributions to the tradition of Fuji imagery that spans the entire history of Japanese printmaking. The Lake Ashi view was among the most widely reproduced of all Fuji compositions, its combination of still foreground water reflecting the mountain, the pine-covered volcanic slopes of the Hakone caldera, and the perfect cone of Fuji beyond creating a compositional arrangement of exceptional pictorial beauty. Maeda's bold graphic style gave this classic subject a distinctly modern visual character.
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.
View of Mount Fuji from Lake Ashi was created by Maeda Masao (前田政雄) in 20th century.
View of Mount Fuji from Lake Ashi depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
