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Artist16:9 format of a delicate ink and watercolor wash rendering on rough handmade paper of poem number 4, Yamabe no Akahito, of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: "When I take the path To Tago's coast, I see Perfect whiteness laid On Mount Fuji's lofty peak By the drift of falling snow." The image shows a full scenic view of Mount Fuji from the coast at Tago near Eijiri, based on Katsushika Hokusai's woodblock print from his series "Thirty-Six-Views of Mount Fuji." In the foreground, we see wooden fishing boats steering through strong currents shown in repetitive wave patterns. In the mid-ground, we see the gentlecoastline. The upper half of the image is dominated by the spectacular view of Mount Fuji, with its blindingly white snow-capped peak and its archetypal curved silhouette, with its reverse curvature compared to the fishing boats in the foreground. The sun is shining on the mountain, and the trees along the coast as well as the choppy waves indicate that a strong wind is blowing. Exquisite Japanese folio.
Poem No. 4 from the Japanese poetry collection Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (see https://jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/index.html).