Mount Fuji from across the Lake at Hakone

Catalog note / 解説

This 'uchiwa-e' (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige is a somewhat pedestrian composition. Nevertheless, the view of Mount Fuji across Lake Ashi and the mountains of Hakone captures some of the drama that has attracted travellers over the centuries. The light is fading in the west. It casts the lake and its surroundings into a shadowy darkness that makes the perfect snow-clad form of Mount Fuji all the more spectacular. The ribmarks visible towards the top of the print show that it was salvaged from a made-up fan. The less than perfect registering of the colours suggests that it was taken from partially worn blocks. Materials: Colour print from woodblocks