1935 (Showa 10)／Color woodblock print on paper
24.4 x 37.7 cm
SUMMARY
This is an image of the Suzukawa river in Yoshiwara, Fuji City in Shizuoka. A snow-crested Mount Fuji is reflected on the water surface in a refined and majestic manner. Katsushika Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: Mount Fuji Reflected in Lake Kawaguchi in Kai Province also features an upside-down reflection of the mountain, but in this work the focus remains with the mountain itself. The pine trees in the middle ground create a sense of perspective, and the light and shadow give the trees and houses a strong three-dimensional feel. Although this composition could have easily fallen into monotony, the wetland in the foreground, the river in the middle and the snowy mountain ridge in the distance provide wonderful variation to the image as a whole.
ARTIST
Yoshida Hiroshi
1876-1950
Born in Fukuoka. Yoshida Hiroshi first studied under Tamura Soritsu in Kyoto, and later went to Tokyo to join the Fudo-sha group of Koyama Shotaro. He went on to become a member of the Meiji Art Society. In 1902 he set up the Taihei Yoga Kai. He received the first prize at the inaugural Bun-ten, and that work was purchased by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. From then on he continued submitting to public exhibitions, and eventually went on to judge them. In 1920 he published his first woodblock print. He traveled Japan and regions of Europe and Asia to sketch, and many of these sketches were used for his print work. In his later years he founded the Japan Mountain Painting Association. He frequently painted mountainous landscapes from inside and outside of Japan.
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