Kōnosu: Distant View of Mount Fuji from Fukiage
c. 1835–36 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · National Diet Library, Tokyo
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About this work
- Artist
- Keisai Eisen (1790–1848)
- Year
- c. 1835–36
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- approx. 23 × 35 cm (horizontal ōban)
- Collection
- National Diet Library, Tokyo (impression pid 1306259, call no. 寄別2-2-1-5; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
Travellers cross a grassy plain toward the white cone of Mount Fuji, which rises beyond a band of blue haze and low pink hills. In front, a pilgrim in white with a deep woven hat walks away from the viewer, and a man in a striped coat carries bundles slung over one shoulder; further back, figures with round yellow hats and shoulder boxes follow the path between thin, scattered trees. This is print eight of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi), c. 1835–36. Keisai Eisen, who designed it, began the series and Utagawa Hiroshige completed it. Kōnosu was the seventh station on the Nakasendō, the inland road from Edo to Kyoto, and the view is from nearby Fukiage; impressions vary in colour and condition.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Spring green grass, blue haze and a pale Fuji with pink hills, for a living room, bedroom or study at 24×16 in natural wood. It pairs with Hiroshige's Hara: Mount Fuji in the Morning from the Tōkaidō for two road views of the mountain.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1835–36)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
