A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of woodblock print views of Mount Fuji by Hiroshige (1797-1858) by Oliver Impey (published Oxford, 2001).
Pine trees on a spit of land push forward into the foreground, while boats sail away into the distance.The decreasing size of the sails emphasizes their progress away from the viewer. Hiroshige was familiar with Western ideas of natralism and perspective and absorbed some Western elements into his work.
Impey, Oliver, Hiroshige's Views of Mount Fuji: A Selection of Woodblock Print Views of Mount Fuji, Including Examples from the Series 'The Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji', of 1858-9, by Hiroshige, 1797-1858 (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2001), no. 7 on p. 11, illus. p. 20 pl. 7
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