Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) 高橋松亭 弘明: Mount Fuji from Mizukubo 水久保

Artist: Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei) (1871-1945)
Title:  Mount Fuji from Mizukubo 水久保  Date: 1936 (this version postwar)

Mount Fuji is seen from Mizukubo, the sky a dramatic purple-pink. The prewar versions have a much more subtle coloration, but this version is more dramatic. This view is from Fuji’s less perfect southeast side, where the Hoei crater and peak were formed due to a huge eruption in 1707. We see a few thatch-roofed buildings that  crouch in the dusk beside a stream, their windows aglow with soft yellow. Most extant impressions of this work are postwar, as here; they also often bear no publisher’s mark. 

Condition: Excellent impression and color; very good condition. With numerous areas of tape remnants, verso.

Dimensions: 26.2 x 39.6 cm  Publisher: Watanabe Shôzaburô Signed: Hiroaki

SKU: HIA047