About This Print

Number 20 of twenty-eight prints from the series Views of the Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō xue) issued by the publisher Matsuki Heikichi in 1896 and 1897.  (For additional information on this series see the article Views of the Famous Sights of Japan.)

Kiyochika gives us a view of the double peaks of Tsukuba-san on a wind-swept day.  The figures are leaning into the wind as they attend to their tasks and the tree attests to the force of the wind.

Tsukuba Mountain
Source: wikipedia website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tsukuba
Mount Tsukuba (筑波山 Tsukuba-san) is an 877 m (2,877 ft) mountain located near Tsukuba, Japan. It is one of the most famous mountains in Japan, particularly well-known for its double peaks, Nyotai-san 877 m (2,877 ft) and Nantai-san 871 m (2,858 ft).

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#517
Title or Description	Tsukuba Mountain Seen from Sakura River at Hitachi (No. 20)  Hitachi Sakuragawa yori Tsukubasan o nozomu 常陸桜川より筑波山を臨む
Series	Views of the Famous Sights of Japan  Nihon meishō zue 日本名勝図会
Artist	Kiyochika Kobayashi (1847-1915)
Signature	Kiyochika 清親
Seal	Kiyochika 清親
Publication Date	March 1897 (Meiji 30)
Publisher	Matsuki Heikichi [proprietor of Daikokuya Heikichi] with Daihei seal  松木平吉 大平  [Marks: seal not shown; pub. ref. 029]
Impression	excellent
Colors	good
Condition	fair - full size; unbacked; repaired tear center of right margin slightly into image; overall toning and wrinkling
Genre	ukiyo-e; meisho-e
Miscellaneous	Number 20 in the series as marked in lower left margin.
Format	vertical oban
H x W Paper	14 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (36.5 x 24.8 cm)
H x W Image	13 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (33.7 x 21.6 cm)
Literature
Collections This Print	Los Angeles County Museum of Art M.71.100.69; National Diet Library 寄別1-9-2-5

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