Fuji no yūkei – Historic Print
![Fuji no yūkei, [1829 or 1830] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/da/daa44a145043-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Fuji no yūkei, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Fuji no yūkei
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Hakone, a post town on the Tōkaidō road and a known hot-spring resort, sets this print apart, with Mount Fuji rising in the distance. It is a shikishiban surimono, a small, privately commissioned format used for poetry circles and seasonal greetings rather than general sale. The signature reads Ichiyōsai Kuniyoshi, and the record dates it to about 1829 or 1830, early in the artist's career. Travelers stopped at Hakone to rest and bathe before crossing the mountains, so the scene works as both a travel memory and a tribute to Fuji.
| Created / published | [1829 or 1830] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut, color ; 21.2 x 18.5 cm. |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Shikishiban Nishikie Surimono. Signed: Ichiy-sai Kuniyoshi ga (Painted by Ichiy-sai Kuniyoshi). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 102, p. 165. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Health resorts--Japan--1820-1830. Hakone-machi (Japan)--1820-1830. Fuji, Mount (Japan)--1820-1830. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,591 × 4,454 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221875 |
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