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Realistic Pictures of Mount Fuji (Fugaku shashin)

Koizumi Daizan 小泉壇山

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a triptych of Japanese woodblock prints. The top left print depicts a mountain with a pointed peak in black and white with some gray shading. The mountain is surrounded by trees and rolling hills with some fields. The top right print depicts a line drawing of a mountain with a pointed peak and a river flowing through it. The bottom print depicts a landscape with a large body of water, a mountain with a pointed peak in the background, and a river flowing through the foreground. The riverbank has trees and shrubs. The sky is blue and hazy. There is Japanese text written vertically on the left and right side of the image. The image has a thin black border and a thicker yellow border.

Artwork Details

Date
1845 (Kōka 2)
Medium
Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 426 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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