Mount Fuji

Name: Mount Fuji
SKU: 4156
Price: 190.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, 142 x 38 cm

Product number: 4156

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Details about the sold piece

Height 142 cm
Width 38 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Wood
Material Honshi Paper
Period of Creation Meiji (1868–1912)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes

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Description

With just a few broad brushstrokes, the characteristic silhouette of Mount Fuji is captured here – a motif that has served as a symbol of permanence, sublimity, and national identity in Japanese painting for centuries. The reduced, almost abstract depiction leaves ample room for the viewer's imagination.

The landscape motif is accompanied by a short line of poetry in cursive calligraphy, a combination of image and word popular in Japanese art that lends the work an additional poetic dimension. Such minimalist depictions of Fuji were often created by painters as an expression of spontaneous artistic inspiration.

The kakemono is painted on paper, mounted with wooden rods, and dates from the Meiji period. Despite – or perhaps because of – its simplicity, this hanging scroll unfolds a calm, meditative effect and is excellently suited as a stylish accent in a Japanese-inspired living space.

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Because the two pieces of information speak about different things: the period designation describes the object – support, colors, condition – while the signature reflects which name appears on the painting. In most cases there is no attempt at deception behind this, but rather Japanese painting training: copying from workshop models was the curriculum for centuries, an utsushi is regarded as a bow to the teacher, workshops signed with the master's name, and artist names were passed down within a school. Such a hanging scroll is therefore not a forgery, but a hand-painted one-of-a-kind that continues the formal language of its school – just not the work of the famous name, and priced accordingly. We explain this in detail in the guide Why does a kakemono often bear the signature of an artist long deceased?.

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