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.
Miho no Matsubara — the pine grove of Miho Peninsula in Shizuoka — is one of Japan's most celebrated scenic sites, the long arc of white sand and ancient black pines creating a foreground frame for Mount Fuji rising directly across Suruga Bay. The location is central to the legend of Hagoromo, in which a tennyo (celestial maiden) lost her feathered robe to a fisherman on this very shore. Shotei renders the pine-and-Fuji composition with the literary and visual weight the iconic site deserves.
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.
Fuji from Miho no Matsubara was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Fuji from Miho no Matsubara was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Fuji from Miho no Matsubara depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
