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There was much demand for the paintings produced by the workshop headed by Tsunenobu. This painting is one of a set of four depicting Mt. Fuji in the four seasons. The mountain, an axis for Japan, becomes a kind of pivot for the passing seasons.

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Document identity
localId
22731
label
Mount Fuji in the Winter
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
22731
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Mount Fuji in the Winter
description
There was much demand for the paintings produced by the workshop headed by Tsunenobu. This painting is one of a set of four depicting Mt. Fuji in the four seasons. The mountain, an axis for Japan, becomes a kind of pivot for the passing seasons.
provenance
Junkichi Mayuyama, Tokyo, late 1960s [mode of acquisition unknown]; Laurance and Isabel Roberts, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1995, by gift.
date
late 17th-early 18th century (Edo)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
scroll paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
119.4
height
58.4
dimensionsRaw
Approx. H: 47 x W: 23 in. (119.38 x 58.42 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
med
ink and light color on silk
creator_ids
2062
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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21df98e67a5ac1f6