Fuji-san over Pagoda and Maple Trees
Sold – no longer available
This piece was handmade by Kano Ryusetsu and was a one-of-a-kind work. It cannot be reordered and will never exist in this form again. The page stays online as part of our archive.
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Details about the sold piece
- Height 150 cm
- Width 73 cm
- Item Type Kakemono
- Jikusaki Bone
- Material Honshi Silk
- Period of Creation Meiji (1868–1912)
- Technique Hand-Painted
- Unique Work Yes
- Wooden Box Yes
No longer available
Description
In gentle mist, the snow-capped peak of Mount Fuji rises above a vast landscape of villages, a pagoda, and maple trees in autumn colors - a classic composition that unites Japanese landscape painting with the veneration of the sacred mountain. The soft ink washes create an atmospheric depth that makes the viewer feel as though gazing into the distance.
The hanging scroll bears the signature and seal of Kano Ryusetsu and was presumably created still in the Meiji period, an era in which traditional landscape painting found renewed popularity alongside the opening of Japan. Mount Fuji as a recurring motif stands for permanence, sublimity, and the spiritual core of Japanese nature worship.
Painted on silk and fitted with a knob made of bone, the kakemono is delivered including the signed wooden box. An evocative antique piece for all who are enthusiastic about the long tradition of Japanese mountain landscapes.
