Mount Fuji

Fujiyama from Iezumi Village , 1880s – 90s. Studio of Kimbei Kusakabe. Hand-tinted albumen print, 19.8 × 26.2 cm (7 3 ⁄ 4 × 10 1 ⁄ 4 in.). Collected by George B. Gordon, 1898. Gift of George B. Gordon, 1898. The sacred Mount Fuji was an important subject of Japanese visual representation prior to the advent of photography, and has been celebrated for many centuries in Japanese art, spanning the genres of ink painting, woodblock prints, and photography.

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January 7, 2024

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