Fuji no Yukei by Utagawa Kuniyoshi Size:XL - 84.1 x 118.9cm (A0) Colour is applied with the

Colour is applied with the precision of the woodblock tradition

applied to a tin of cocoa

and built to hold attention at a distance

more layered composition

contemplative mood

Fuji no Yukei by Utagawa Kuniyoshi Size:XL - 84.1 x 118.9cm (A0) Colour is applied with theFuji no Yukei Evening View of Fuji places Kuniyoshi's compositional energy in an unusually contemplative mode. The mountain rises into a sky that moves through gradations of dusk colour, while the foreground establishes the traveller's viewpoint with the precise visual economy characteristic of ukiyo e landscape. Where Kuniyoshi's warrior prints use dynamic diagonals to generate tension, this work builds its effect through stillness: the great cone