Prints from celebrated series attract premium collector interest. Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
From the series One Hundred Views of New Japan (Shin Nippon hyakkei), this woodblock print dated 1939 shows Mount Fuji seen from its northern or western side, an unusual vantage that reveals the mountain's less frequently depicted profile. Most views of Fuji are taken from the south or east, where the iconic symmetrical cone is most visible, so the rear perspective offers viewers a less familiar encounter with Japan's most famous landmark. Fukazawa's choice of this angle suggests an interest in revealing new aspects of a subject that had been painted and printed thousands of times before. The series title deliberately echoes Hokusai's and Hiroshige's famous Fuji series, asserting that even in 1939 the mountain still held undiscovered visual possibilities.
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.
Mount Fuji from Behind, from the series One Hundred Views of New Japan (Shin Nippon hyakkei), Shôwa period, dated 1939 was created by Sakuichi Fukazawa (深沢索一).
Yes — Mount Fuji from Behind, from the series One Hundred Views of New Japan (Shin Nippon hyakkei), Shôwa period, dated 1939 is part of the One Hundred Views of New Japan series by Sakuichi Fukazawa.
Mount Fuji from Behind, from the series One Hundred Views of New Japan (Shin Nippon hyakkei), Shôwa period, dated 1939 depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
