For today's #ArtWednesday mountain theme I've put together a collection of #ukiyoe prints featuring Mount Fuji, Japan's most iconic & sacred mountain.
🎨1. Katsushika Hokusai, 1828
2. Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852
3. Katsushika Hokusai, 1830
4. Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852
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Here are two upright prints by Utagawa Hiroshige from 1855 and 1858 offering two different perspectives of Mount Fuji. The first is titled 'Yoshiwara' and the second is 'In the Mountains of Izu Province' from the series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.'
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Four more modern prints featuring Mount Fuji.
🎨1. 'Mt.Fuji from Hakone Highway' - Okada Koichi, c. 1950s
2. 'Mt. Fuji from Tagonoura Bay' - Ito Yuhan, c. 1930s
3. 'Mt. Fuji and Red Torii' - Kawase Hasui, c. 1930s
4. 'Fuji from Tago Bay' - Tsuchiya Koitsu, 1936
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Possibly the most famous Japanese #ukiyoe print featuring Mount Fuji is 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa' also known as the Great Wave, from the series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' by Katsushika Hokusai, 1831.
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Although there are so many more ukiyo-e prints featuring Mount Fuji, I'll include just this one final one by Shotei Takahashi from 1930.
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