Landscape and Legend

Utagawa Hiroshige

Hara: Mount Fuji in the Morning

c. 1833–34

Woodblock print, 24.1 × 35.9 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Two women and a porter halt on the road, apparently struck by the view.

• The name Hara means “field”; from here the view of Fuji was almost unbroken.
• This edition is often called the First or Great Tōkaidō.
• The summit pushes past the top border, too big for its frame.

Image: The Met Open Access · Public domain (Met Open Access)