Mount Fuji

Gallery 222, Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, second floor (Korman Gallery)

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Mount Fuji

c. 1850

Nakabayashi Chikkei (Japanese, 1816–1867)

In this sensitive rendering, wavelike clouds hover over rounded foothills, behind which the steep cone of Mount Fuji rises from a soft mist. Nakabayashi Chikkei uses unpainted silk to form the snow and volcanic steam, while layers of blue and pale pink wash define the sky with a delicacy that American artists James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) or Winslow Homer (1836–1910) would admire.

Gallery 222, Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, second floor (Korman Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

Mount Fuji

Date:

c. 1850

Artist:

Nakabayashi Chikkei (Japanese, 1816–1867)

Medium:

Ink and color on silk; mounted as a hanging scroll with ivory scroll ends

Dimensions:

14 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches (36.8 x 52.7 cm) Mount: 49 5/8 x 26 1/2 inches (126 x 67.3 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Henry B. Keep Fund, 2007

Accession Number:

2007-145-1

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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Gallery 222, Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, second floor (Korman Gallery)

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