Shotei's landscapes are his most widely available works. Signed lifetime editions with strong color and condition represent good collector value. Post-earthquake reprints lacking signatures and seals are common and trade at lower prices.
Shotei frames a view of Mount Fuji that emphasizes the mountain's relationship with the surrounding landscape rather than its isolated majesty — the great cone rises beyond a middle ground of hills, trees, or buildings that give it scale and context. The [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradation of the sky above Fuji creates the atmospheric depth that distinguishes Shotei's mountain views from straightforward topographic illustration. The deliberately unspecified vantage point suggests Shotei was more interested in capturing Fuji's essential visual experience than in documenting a particular location.
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.
A View of Mt. Fuji was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
A View of Mt. Fuji uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
A View of Mt. Fuji was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
A View of Mt. Fuji depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
