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Misaka Pass in Kai Province
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Description
The high viewpoint in this print enables Hiroshige to emphasise the great height of Mount Fuji. Fuji, the sacred mountain, had long been a favourite subject for poets and painters and there was great public interest in Mount Fuji during the mid-1800s, when Hiroshige was working on this series. It is interesting to note that there is no reflection of the mountain in Lake Motosu below.
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Details
- Series
- Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Mount Fuji (subject)
- Date
- designed 1858, published 1858 - 1859
- Artist/maker
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Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797 - 1858) (designer)Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826 - 1869) (designer)
- Associated people
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Tsutaya Kichizō (active c. 1830 - 1880) (publisher)
- Material and technique
- woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
- Dimensions
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mount 55.6 x 40.6 cm (height x width)
print 34 x 22.5 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Mrs Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding, 1952.
- Accession no.
- EAX.4388
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Further reading
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. 8 on p. 11, illus. p. 21 pl. 8
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Hiroshige’s Views of Mount Fuji
The high viewpoint enables the artist to emphasise the height of the mountain, which he clearly found important (see. No. 20) [EAX.4270]. Notice the total lack of reflection of the mountain in Lake Motosu. Motosu is one of the famous Fuji Five Lakes, a celebrated tourist attraction.
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