Mt. Kasugatake in Shinga Heights

Mount Kasugatake rises above the high plateau of Shinga in the Nagano highlands, its rocky summit catching late light while the surrounding terrain shows the spare beauty of Japan's alpine zone. The mountains of the Shinga Heights drew Kasamatsu during his travels through central Honshu, where the altitude creates landscapes of dramatically different character from the coastal and lowland scenes that dominated much of his work. The print likely captures the mountain in clear weather, its form isolated against sky.