Summit of Mount Fuji 1928 by Hiroshi Yoshida Henry Lyman producing a sense of infinite

producing a sense of infinite calm

preserving the delicate linework and tonal nuance of the original

creamy whites and muted terracotta

There is warmth here despite the graphic restraint: a sense of journey

Painted in 1876

Summit of Mount Fuji 1928 by Hiroshi Yoshida Henry Lyman producing a sense of infiniteSummit of Mount Fuji 1928 places the viewer at altitude close enough to the peak that the world below disappears into cloud and haze. Yoshida strips the composition back to essentials: volcanic rock, layered cloud, and the vast open sky. The palette is spare, moving through cool greys and muted blues with accents of russet and ochre in the exposed rock face. There is a quality of isolation at the top of the world here, and Yoshida captures it without