Mount Fuji from Mizukubo
- Date:
- 1930s
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
From Mizukubo village in Shizuoka, Mount Fuji appears in the distance across a valley landscape of farms and trees. This early 1930s oban treatment renders the mountain in the clear morning or afternoon light that gave the Suruga views their particular crispness, the mountain's profile showing the gentle southern approaches rather than the more dramatic western faces visible from the Five Lakes. Shotei frames the view with foreground elements — trees, fields, or buildings — that give the mountain its characteristic sense of emergence from everyday landscape.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Mount Fuji from Mizukubo was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭) in 1930s.
Mount Fuji from Mizukubo was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930s).
Mount Fuji from Mizukubo depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.