Fuji in violet beyond a lone pine on the headland

A single tall pine stands on a dark headland, with a cluster of smaller pines and a beached boat to the left. Beyond, Fuji rises in flat violet with snow held in its gullies, a second dark peak closing the right. The sky runs from pale yellow at the horizon to green-blue above, streaked with thin grey cloud. A small figure carrying a pole walks the ridge below the tall pine, and the sea is a band of pale turquoise with surf breaking at the lower right.

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957) was the defining landscape artist of shin-hanga, the movement that carried Japanese woodblock printing into the twentieth century. From 1918 he worked with the publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō, travelling almost continuously through Japan and turning roadside sketches into prints of unusual atmospheric precision. Snow, rain and failing light were his real subjects, as much as any temple or harbour. In 1956 Japan recognised his woodblock technique as an Intangible Cultural Property. His prints are held by the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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.