Mount Fuji at Satta Pass (Translation)
川瀬巴水 薩埵峠の富士 昭和十年四月 木版画 (Primary Title)
Mount Fuji at Satta Mountain Pass (Donor's Title)
Satta toge no Fuji (Transliterated Title)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水, Japanese, 1883 - 1957 (Artist)
Watanabe Shōzaburō 渡邊庄三郎, Japanese, 1885 - 1962 (Publisher)
This view of a snow-covered Mount Fuji is seen from the famed Satta Pass, overlooking Suruga Bay. By portraying Fuji from this familiar perspective, Hasui is paying homage to woodblock printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), whose popular series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (1833–34) contained a similar print and achieved unprecedented commercial success in 19th century Japan. Stoic mountains and glistening waters convey poetic and nationalistic sentiment.
Showa period (1926-1989)
Artist’s signature in ink and seal in red within image lower left: 巴水 Hasui
Publisher's seal (D) in lower right margin.
Inscribed in ink in lower left margin: 薩埵峠の富士 昭和十年四月作
René and Carolyn Balcer Collection
"Mountain Scenes in Japan: Woodblock Prints by Kawase Hasui" February 16 - November 12, 2017, VMFA
1979渡辺／川瀬巴水…281／ 昭和十年四月 無外題 ワタナベ 薩埵峠の富士
©artist or artist’s estate
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