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The highest fabled mountain of Japan.
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Mount Fuji is a well-known icon of Japan. No image more clearly represents the nation to itself and to foreigners. Mount Fuji is depicted in countless works of art and photographs, and is visited by sightseers and tourists from all over the world. Virtually every printmaker in Japan has used Mt. Fuji as a subject, and the most famous series of prints showing the sacred mountain is by Hokusai (1760-1849).
The volcano Mount Fuji has long been worshiped as a sacred mountain, which made it a popular destination for pilgrims. Under the old Shinto religion, it was an obligation to ascend the holy mountain dressed in white. When Buddhism came to Japan, Mt. Fuji became a sacred Buddhist mountain. |
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