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.
Mount Fuji seen from an unspecified mountain pass — the title "Toge no Fuji" placing the viewer at a high crossing point where the mountain suddenly appears — captures the specific pleasure of encountering Fuji unexpectedly through a gap in the terrain. The pass viewpoint creates a natural frame of near hills and sky, the mountain appearing beyond them at a scale determined by the distance and elevation of the crossing. Shotei's treatment honors the experiential dimension of mountain travel, where the landscape's meaning was inseparable from the effort of passage through it.
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 Seen from the Pass (Tōge no Fuji) was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭) in 20th century.
Mount Fuji Seen from the Pass (Tōge no Fuji) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (20th century).
Mount Fuji Seen from the Pass (Tōge no Fuji) depicts landscapes and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.
