Snow lies in long streaks down the dark flanks of Fuji

Mount Fuji fills almost the whole sheet, seen from Gotemba with its snow lying in long streaks down the dark volcanic flanks. The sky behind is graded from pale green at the summit to a soft blue-grey, and the mountain's lower slopes run in bands of violet and slate. Along the base, a dark treeline of pines and low scrub is printed almost black, with a plain of muted purple-brown between it and the mountain. The scale is the whole point — no figure, no building, nothing to compete.

Hiroshi Yoshida (1876–1950) came to woodblock printing from Western-style oil and watercolour painting, and the meeting of the two defines his work. He travelled widely before turning to prints — the Alps, the Rockies, India, Egypt and China all enter his subjects — and in 1925 set up his own studio, supervising the carving and printing himself instead of working through a publisher. That control let him print one set of blocks in several colour states, so the same view could be given morning, evening or mist. His prints are held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.