Landscape
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Description
Titled simply Landscape, this woodblock print by Fukazawa presents a natural scene without specifying a particular location. The generic title may reflect how the work was cataloged rather than the artist's original intention, or it may indicate that Fukazawa conceived the image as a study of landscape elements, terrain, sky, vegetation, rather than a portrait of a named place. Fukazawa was active during the Showa period, when woodblock artists divided roughly between those who documented specific Tokyo landmarks and those who pursued more generalized nature subjects. This print appears to fall into the latter category, using the woodblock medium to explore relationships of form and color found in the Japanese countryside.
More Prints by Sakuichi Fukazawa
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Landscape was created by Sakuichi Fukazawa (深沢索一).
Landscape depicts landscapes.