Yamagishi Kazue: Mount Fuji from Tsujido Beach 辻堂の富士

Artist:  Yamagishi Kazue (1891-1984)
Title: Mount Fuji from Tsujido 辻堂の富士 mm Date: Ca. 1929

Series: One Hundred Views of Japan

Mount Fuji rises above a drifting veil of clouds, both white above and grey below. Below Fuji are abbreviated hills, while in the foreground is a leaning stand of pine trees surrounded by soft, sandy-looking hills. Tsujido coast is a scenic beach area on Sagami Bay that is located in Fujisawa, Kanagawa.  Kazue Yamagishi was a versatile and interesting artist: after studying Western-style painting and sculpture, he started as a woodblock carver, and he became one of the best, carving woodblocks (in a variety of styles) for many artists, including Yumeji, Kiyokata, Hiroshi Yoshida, Paul Jacoulet and Kôshirô Onchi. His self-designed prints were landscape prints and include the series One hundred views of Japan, One hundred views of East Asia & One hundred views of the world, all done before WWII. Between 1926 and 1929 he was sent by the Ministry of Education to travel the USA and Europe in order to demonstrate woodblock printing techniques.

Condition: Excellent impression and color. Very good/good condition. On heavy, deluxe paper. Some areas of soft discoloration and minor soiling along the right deckle edge. The paper has the artist's special watermark in the right margin.

Dimensions: 33.2 x 42 cm (paper size)
Signature:  Kazue and artist's seals.

SKU: KAZ007