Sunday, February 27, 2011

from Ashinoko


from Ashinoko
through a screen of blanched branches
Fujisan rises white
 
This striking view of Fujisan from Ashinoko could be the subject of one of Hokusai’s ukiyo-e woodblock prints –- the snow-capped cone floating serenely in the distance contrasting with bare white branches in the foreground.

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