Boy Viewing Mount Fuji
1839
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- 36.2 × 51.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-127305
Mount Fuji may be the most widely recognized symbol of Japan. The mountain and its name carry many meanings that are conveyed in Japanese by writing "Fuji" with different characters, such as a pair meaning "peerless." The highest mountain in Japan, Fuji's imminent power is contained in its seething volcanic core, hidden beneath its perennial cloak of snow. Regarded as sacred, Mount Fuji has been …
Provenance
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Registry history
- 1839 — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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