Mount Fuji from Lake Yamanaka by Takahashi Shōtei Size:S - 29.7 x 42cm (A3) while overlapping lobes of colour

while overlapping lobes of colour create a rhythmic

every petal and dewdrop rendered with an almost unsettling precision

This archival fine art print reproduces every looping outline and layered brushstroke with sharp clarity

rich warm tones

yet the personality of the subject comes through completely

Mount Fuji from Lake Yamanaka by Takahashi Shōtei Size:S - 29.7 x 42cm (A3) while overlapping lobes of colourTakahashi Shtei's woodblock print of Mount Fuji as seen from Lake Yamanaka is a masterwork of the shin hanga movement. The composition places the lake's calm, reflective surface in the foreground, leading the eye upward to Fuji's snow capped peak. Shtei's handling of light is characteristic a soft, diffused atmosphere suggests an early morning hour, while the delicate gradations of the sky echo the restrained palette of traditional Japanese landscape