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Fuji san - 12 (Mount Fuji - 12)


Maki Haku, Fuji san - 12 (Mount Fuji - 12), 1989, color woodblock print with embossing on paper, The Carol and Seymour Haber Collection, © unknown, research required, 2002.9.1

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Title

Fuji san - 12 (Mount Fuji - 12)

Related Titles

original language: フジ山 - 12

translated: Mount Fuji - 12

transliterated: Fuji san - 12

Artist

Maki Haku (Japanese, 1924-2000)

Date

1989

Period

Japan: Heisei period (1989-2019)

Medium

color woodblock print with embossing on paper

Edition

199/311

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 6 5/8 in x 6 5/8 in; sheet: 8 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in

Inscriptions & Markings

title: フジ山 - 12, graphite, bottom margin, center Transliteration (Translation): Fuji san - 12 (Mount Fuji - 12) Language: Japanese

edition: 199/311, graphite, bottom margin, left

signature: マキ八九, graphite, bottom margin, right Transliteration: Maki Haku Language: Japanese

artist's seal: , printed in gold relief within square cartouche, lower right Transliteration: Maki Language: Japanese

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Modern Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Carol and Seymour Haber Collection

Accession Number

2002.9.1

Copyright

© unknown, research required

Terms

embossing

Japanese woodblock prints

mountains

relief printing

relief prints

Showa

woodcuts

woodcut

Description

Maki Haku’s dramatic contrast of paper white and deep blue pigment makes for a powerful portrait of Mount Fuji. The artist has set aside the rich textural effects for which his prints are known in favor of a purely visual experience of the mountain. Unlike the ceramics and fruits Maki was exploring in his still-life works at the time, Fuji cannot be grasped in the hand or fully comprehended by human perception. Almost abstract in its simplicity, Maki’s Fuji conveys the profoundly mysterious nature of this Japanese icon.

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2022; 2023 Human Nature: 150 Years of Japanese Landscape Prints Portland Art Museum

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