Grandest Peak in Japan

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Yokoyama Taikan

  • Showa period, 1928
  • color on silk
  • hanging scroll

Paintings – Japanese / Asian Paintings

Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958) is said to have painted more than 1500 paintings of Mt. Fuji during his lifetime. Here he combined Mt. Fuji with the morning sun and pine trees, expressing magnificence and divinity, overlapping the image of Mt. Fuji as the symbol of Japan, with the Imperial Family.
Gift from the House of Representatives celebrating the Enthronement Ceremonies of 1928. (「Art Works to Celebrate the Enthronement Ceremonies」2019)

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Title/Name Grandest Peak in Japan
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Name
Artist/
Creator
Yokoyama Taikan
Period/Era Showa period
Century
Quantity hanging scroll
Dimensions
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Technique
color on silk
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Origin
Excavation
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Place
Ibaraki Tokyo
Provenance
Collection
No.
SZK000661
Category PaintingsJapanese / Asian Paintings
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Grandest Peak in Japan

Grandest Peak in Japan

Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958) is said to have painted more than 1500 paintings of Mt. Fuji during his lifetime. Here he combined Mt. Fuji with the morning sun and pine trees, expressing magnificence and divinity, overlapping the image of Mt. Fuji as the symbol of Japan, with the Imperial Family. Gift from the House of Representatives celebrating the Enthronement Ceremonies of 1928. (「Art Works to Celebrate the Enthronement Ceremonies」2019)