Mt. Fuji and Traveller
by Takeji Asano
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Unsodo
- Source:
- Ukiyo-e.org (via Artelino)
Description
Mt. Fuji and Traveller presents Japan's sacred mountain as backdrop for a solitary human figure on foot — a pilgrim, traveler, or wanderer making their way across the broad plain or coastal path below the mountain. The image belongs to a long tradition in Japanese art of situating human beings in their proper relationship to the natural world: dwarfed by mountains, subordinated to the seasons, small in the face of geological permanence. Asano's traveler, moving through the foreground while Fuji rises imperturbably behind, embodies this fundamental aesthetic of human smallness before natural grandeur.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Mt. Fuji and Traveller was created by Takeji Asano (浅野竹二).
Mt. Fuji and Traveller uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Mt. Fuji and Traveller was published by Unsodo.
Mt. Fuji and Traveller depicts landscapes, figures, and mount fuji, set at Mount Fuji.