Mt. Fuji from Nagaoka, Morning (Heisei)

Description

A sunrise slowly illuminates Mount Fuji in the distance. Morning mist remains below Mount Fuji and the buildings closer to the viewer are still surrounded by the remnants of the night, providing emphasis to the coloring of Mount Fuji itself. Though not precisely red, the composition in which Mount Fuji is colored in morning light vaguely recalls the Fine Wind, Clear Morning print, also known as Red Fuji, by Katsushika Hokusai. That print too captures the phenomenon where Mount Fuji colors magnificently in the morning under the right weather conditions, in that case turning red when the wind comes from the south and the sky is clear. The woodblock print has at least two sister prints depicting the same scene: one in cloudy weather and the other in winter, Mt. Fuji from Nagaoka, Cloud and Mt. Fuji from Nagaoka, Winter.