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Mount Fuji Prints (468)

Views of Japan's iconic sacred mountain, Mount Fuji (富士山). From Hokusai's Thirty-six Views to Hasui's modern interpretations, Fuji has been the single most depicted subject in Japanese printmaking history.

Artists Known for Mount Fuji

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII (Ebizo V) as Shirafuji Genta in the play "Sono Uwasa Sakura no Irodoki," from the series "Yakusha oiri sakazuki" by Utagawa Kunisada

The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII (Ebizo V) as Shirafuji Genta in the play "Sono Uwasa Sakura no Irodoki," from the series "Yakusha oiri sakazuki"

1825

Color woodblock print; oban

Sasaki Moritsuna Asking Fisherman to Reveal the Shallows Where His Troops can Cross and Attack the Taira Forces at Fujito in Bizen Province (Sasaki Moritsuna Bizen no kuni Fujito no watari ni Heigun o osowanto gyojin ni mizu no senshin o tou zu) by Mizuno Toshikata

Sasaki Moritsuna Asking Fisherman to Reveal the Shallows Where His Troops can Cross and Attack the Taira Forces at Fujito in Bizen Province (Sasaki Moritsuna Bizen no kuni Fujito no watari ni Heigun o osowanto gyojin ni mizu no senshin o tou zu)

1884

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

View of Mount Fuji from a tea house by Keisai Eisen

View of Mount Fuji from a tea house

c. 1820s

Color woodblock print with metallic pigments; shikishiban, surimono

Mt. Fuji by Yamaguchi Soken

Mt. Fuji

富士図

Late 18th–early 19th century

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Hinaji of the Chojiya, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)" by Ippitsusai Buncho

Hinaji of the Chojiya, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

c. 1769/70

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Nakahara in Sagami Province (Soshu Nakahara), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Nakahara in Sagami Province (Soshu Nakahara), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

Viewing Sunset over the Ryogoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Viewing Sunset over the Ryogoku Bridge from the Onmaya Embankment (Onmayagashi yori Ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

Tokaido Hodogaya, from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Tokaido Hodogaya, from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

Seashore at Nobutoura (Nobutoura), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Seashore at Nobutoura (Nobutoura), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo (Edo Nihonbashi), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo (Edo Nihonbashi), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

Lower Meguro (Shimo Meguro), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Lower Meguro (Shimo Meguro), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

Tatekawa River Lumberyard at Honjo (Honjo Tatekawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Tatekawa River Lumberyard at Honjo (Honjo Tatekawa), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

Sea Lane off Kazusa Province (Kazusa no kairo), from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Sea Lane off Kazusa Province (Kazusa no kairo), from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

Waterwheel at Onden (Onden no suisha), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Waterwheel at Onden (Onden no suisha), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

In the Mountains of Totomi Province (Totomi sanchu), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

In the Mountains of Totomi Province (Totomi sanchu), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

The Tea Plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province (Sunshu Katakura chaen no Fuji), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

The Tea Plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province (Sunshu Katakura chaen no Fuji), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshu Suwako), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)" by Katsushika Hokusai

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshu Suwako), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

Color woodblock print

Sekiya Village on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato), from the series Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

Sekiya Village on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Sekiya no sato), from the series Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Woodblock print

Ejiri in Suruga Province (Sunshu Ejiri), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

Ejiri in Suruga Province (Sunshu Ejiri), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Woodblock print

Mishima Pass in Kai Province (Koshu Mishimagoe), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) by Katsushika Hokusai

Mishima Pass in Kai Province (Koshu Mishimagoe), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)

Woodblock print

"Ei of the Nakamoriken Brothel, who was a favorite of Yamamura Goto, as Lady Huayang (Kayō Fujin Yamamura Goto gonomi Nakamoriken Ei)," from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi District in Osaka (Naniwa Shimanouchi nerimono) by Ryūsai Shigeharu

"Ei of the Nakamoriken Brothel, who was a favorite of Yamamura Goto, as Lady Huayang (Kayō Fujin Yamamura Goto gonomi Nakamoriken Ei)," from the series Costume Parade of the Shimanouchi District in Osaka (Naniwa Shimanouchi nerimono)

1836

Right sheet of a diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban

Fujikawa: View of Post Outskirts (Fujikawa, bohana no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Fujikawa: View of Post Outskirts (Fujikawa, bohana no zu), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Fujisawa: Yugyo Temple (Fujisawa, Yugyoji), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Fujisawa: Yugyo Temple (Fujisawa, Yugyoji), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

Violet Wisteria (Shifuji) by Tamamura Hokuto

Violet Wisteria (Shifuji)

紫藤

First half of 20th century

Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper

The Actors Otani Oniji I as Soga no Goro and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as the sister of Yoshinaka in the play "Fuji no Yuki Mitsugi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1746 by Torii Kiyonobu I

The Actors Otani Oniji I as Soga no Goro and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as the sister of Yoshinaka in the play "Fuji no Yuki Mitsugi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1746

1746

Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

View of Lake and Mt Fuji by Willy Seiler

View of Lake and Mt Fuji

Mt. Fuji and Pine Tree by Yashima Gakutei

Mt. Fuji and Pine Tree

19th century

Color woodblock print in six-fold manner

Kogo no Tsubone, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)" by Yashima Gakutei

Kogo no Tsubone, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)"

c. 1822

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Ono no Komachi, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)" by Yashima Gakutei

Ono no Komachi, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)"

c. 1822

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Usugumo, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)" by Yashima Gakutei

Usugumo, from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)"

c. 1822

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Lady Tomoe (Tomoe jo), from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)" by Yashima Gakutei

Lady Tomoe (Tomoe jo), from the series "Framed Pictures of Women for the Katsushika Circle (Katsushikaren gakumen fujin awase)"

c. 1822

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Gazing at Mt. Fuji on the Horse by Utagawa Toyohiro

Gazing at Mt. Fuji on the Horse

19th century

Color woodblock print; surimono

Newly Published Perspective Picture of Mount Fuji in Spring from Tagonoura (Shinpan uki-e Tagonoura haru no Fuji) by Utagawa Toyoharu

Newly Published Perspective Picture of Mount Fuji in Spring from Tagonoura (Shinpan uki-e Tagonoura haru no Fuji)

c. 1772/89

Color woodblock print; oban

Fujikawa waka hyakushu by Hishikawa Moronobu

Fujikawa waka hyakushu

1683

Woodblock- printed book; 2 vols.

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Hatakeyama Shigetada Disguised as Honjo Soheiji (?) in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1789 (?) by Katsukawa Shun'ei

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Hatakeyama Shigetada Disguised as Honjo Soheiji (?) in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the First Month, 1789 (?)

c. 1789

Color woodblock print; hosoban; from a multisheet composition

Bando Mitsugoro I in the Role of Asahina no Saburo, Drama "Sono Kyodai Fuji no Sugatami" by Katsukawa Shunkō

Bando Mitsugoro I in the Role of Asahina no Saburo, Drama "Sono Kyodai Fuji no Sugatami"

1776

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro, disguised as the ferryman Tomokichi, in the play "Shomei Mugen no Kane," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1767 by Kitao Shigemasa

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II as Fujitaro, disguised as the ferryman Tomokichi, in the play "Shomei Mugen no Kane," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the ninth month, 1767

1767

Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

Priest Saigyo Contemplating Mount Fuji by Kitao Shigemasa

Priest Saigyo Contemplating Mount Fuji

c. 1770s

Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Saigyo Hoshi gazing at Mt. Fuji by Nishimura Shigenaga

Saigyo Hoshi gazing at Mt. Fuji

c. 1730s

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

Sleeping Young Woman with Mt. Fuji Above by Nishimura Shigenaga

Sleeping Young Woman with Mt. Fuji Above

c. 1740s

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, sumizuri-e

Mount Fuji Seen from Tago by Takahashi Yuichi

Mount Fuji Seen from Tago

田子富士

c. 1873–1876

Oil on canvas

Resembling a Branch (Eda ni utsusu), from the series The Appearance of Upper-Class Women of the Edo Period (Tokugawa jidai kifujin no sugata) -- Woman with a Doll by Toyohara Chikanobu

Resembling a Branch (Eda ni utsusu), from the series The Appearance of Upper-Class Women of the Edo Period (Tokugawa jidai kifujin no sugata) -- Woman with a Doll

Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896

Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

A Disguised Scene from The Tale of Genji (Fūryū Yatsushi Genji), Chapter 33, “Wisteria Leaves (Fuji no uraba)” by Chōbunsai Eishi

A Disguised Scene from The Tale of Genji (Fūryū Yatsushi Genji), Chapter 33, “Wisteria Leaves (Fuji no uraba)”

ca. 1794

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Fuji from a Desolate Field by Fritz Capelari

Fuji from a Desolate Field

View of Lake and Mt Fuji by Nishimura Hodo

View of Lake and Mt Fuji

Unknown, red Fuji by Inagaki Toshijiro

Unknown, red Fuji

View of the Fujiya Hotel, Hakone, Shôwa period, dated 1959 by Inagaki Toshijiro

View of the Fujiya Hotel, Hakone, Shôwa period, dated 1959

Aoto Fujitsuna standing on a bridge by Inoue Yasuji

Aoto Fujitsuna standing on a bridge

View of Mount Fuji at sunrise on New Year's Day by Isoda Koryūsai

View of Mount Fuji at sunrise on New Year's Day

c. 1772

Color woodblock print; chuban

Totsuka, from the series "Mount Fuji in the Four Seasons (Shiki no Fuji)" by Torii Kiyonaga

Totsuka, from the series "Mount Fuji in the Four Seasons (Shiki no Fuji)"

c. 1785

Color woodblock print; chuban

Actors as Fujisawa Shiro, Asari Yoichi, and Hangaku, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes by Utagawa Kunisada

Actors as Fujisawa Shiro, Asari Yoichi, and Hangaku, from an untitled series of half-block images of kabuki scenes

c. 1851/52

Color woodblock print; chuban

Yoshiwara: Mount Fuji on the Left (Yoshiwara, hidari Fuji), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido by Utagawa Hiroshige

Yoshiwara: Mount Fuji on the Left (Yoshiwara, hidari Fuji), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi)," also known as the Hoeido Tokaido

c. 1833/34

Color woodblock print; oban

The actor Sawamura Sojuro V as Tsubone Iwafuji by Utagawa Kunisada

The actor Sawamura Sojuro V as Tsubone Iwafuji

1847

Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych (center: 1939.1034a)

Iwafuji by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Iwafuji

c. 1847/48

Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych (center: 1901.115)

Brush: Lady Wei (Fude: Ei fujin), from the series "The Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyo Circle (Ichiyoren bunbo shiyu)" by Yashima Gakutei

Brush: Lady Wei (Fude: Ei fujin), from the series "The Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyo Circle (Ichiyoren bunbo shiyu)"

c. 1827

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Russian's Love for a Lady (Oroshiyajin fujin wo aisu) by Utagawa Yoshitoyo

Russian's Love for a Lady (Oroshiyajin fujin wo aisu)

魯西亜人婦人を愛す

1860

Color woodblock print; oban

Red Fuji (8) by Tadashige Nishida

Red Fuji (8)

Mt. Fuji with Cranes and Fishing Boats by Mori Kansai

Mt. Fuji with Cranes and Fishing Boats

富士に鶴漁舟図

1873

Album leaf; ink and color on silk

Madam Tang (Jp: To Fujin), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushiko)" by Totoya Hokkei

Madam Tang (Jp: To Fujin), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushiko)"

c. 1825

Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono

Seikenji Fuji, from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)" by Utagawa Hiroshige

Seikenji Fuji, from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)"

n.d.

Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, harimaze

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Frequently Asked Questions

Views of Japan's iconic sacred mountain, Mount Fuji (富士山). From Hokusai's Thirty-six Views to Hasui's modern interpretations, Fuji has been the single most depicted subject in Japanese printmaking history.

Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige, and Jokata Kaiseki are among the artists most associated with mount fuji in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.

Hanga currently catalogues 468 prints tagged with mount fuji, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.