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Book/Printed Material Pictures of Mount Fuji.

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Title

  • Pictures of Mount Fuji.

Summary

  • Presented here is a picture album published in 1846, based on sketches drawn by the Edo period painter Koizumi Danzan (also seen as Koizumi Ayaru, circa 1766-1854) after he reached the top of Mount Fuji in 1795. It consists of inscriptions and an introduction by several famous scholars and poets with a postscript by Koizumi; 21 pictures by Koizumi (however, in this copy, the seventh, eighth, and ninth pictures are also inserted as the first three pictures, so three are missing); the postscript and colophon; and a distant view of Mount Fuji and commentary by a pupil of Koizumi. Koizumi sought to depict Mount Fuji realistically, so his pictures differ from the distant views of the mountain often painted by many other artists. The album shows Mount Fuji's crater viewed from the top and scenes that vary depending on the viewer's standpoint, such as the shape of Mount Fuji, the protuberances on its summit, and the places where snow remains. Although they are realistic pictures, frames 14-15, which show a morning scene halfway up Mount Fuji, are also a beautiful representation of the complex movement of a sea of clouds in the morning sun. The book consists of a long piece of paper folded into a bellows shape with a front cover attached. It can be viewed when fully opened, but it has been photographed in units of double-page spreads for the digital image. Frames 14-15 and 23-24 thus represent two parts of one picture. The composition intended by the artist can best be understood by downloading and rearranging the images.

Names

  • Koizumi, Ayaru, 1766?-1854 Artist.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1846.

Headings

  • -  Japan--Shizuoka-ken
  • -  Japan--Yamanashi-ken
  • -  1846
  • -  Fuji, Mount (Japan)
  • -  Mountains

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 book ; 31.9 x 23.2 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Diet Library.
  • -  Content in Japanese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666456

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Koizumi, Ayaru, 1766?-1854 Artist. Pictures of Mount Fuji. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1846] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666456/.

APA citation style:

Koizumi, A. (1846) Pictures of Mount Fuji. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666456/.

MLA citation style:

Koizumi, Ayaru, 1766?-1854 Artist. Pictures of Mount Fuji. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1846] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666456/>.