Sakanoshita: Fudesute Peak
- MAKER:
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige ( Japanese, 1797 - 1858 )
- DATE:
- 1834
General Description
A tea shop offers a view of Fudesute ('throwing away the brush') peak, where artist Kanō Motonobu (1476-1599) was purported to have thrown away the brush he intended to use to paint the mountain after seeing its beauty.
Adapted from
Anna McFarland, Ichiryusai Hiroshige: The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido, Label text, 1986.