Okada Koichi, "Mt. Fuji from Lake Kawaguchi"

The view of Mount Fuji from Lake Kawaguchi is one of Japan’s most famous vistas of the sacred mountain. A later edition printed from the original woodblocks (20th century edition).

Date: 1950
Size: Oban (approx. 10” x 15”)
Published by Unsodo (carved by Shinmi, printed by Okura)
Condition: Excellent
Frame Shown: 16” x 24”, Modern Metal, Walnut

Koichi Okada was born in 1907 and began his artistic life as a painter. Not much is known about the artist, but his woodblock prints of views of Mount Fuji are popular among collectors.