Mount Fuji 

This painting of Mount Fuji dates to the late 1400s, a time of political turmoil and civil war in Japan. The Zen monk Shijun Tokuyō gifted the painting to the samurai warlord Ashikaga Masauji (1462–1531). In the inscription, Shijun compares the warlord to the towering mountain, claiming that he will defeat his rivals and bring peace to the land.

Cultural property designation

Quantity

Artist

By Kenkō Shōkei; inscription by Shijun Tokuyō

Period/Century

Inscribed in the Muromachi period, 1490

Country/Origin

Excavation site

Material

Ink and light color on paper

Size

Inscriptions

Donor

Gift of Mr. Okazaki Masaya

Collection reference no.

A-10140

Genre

Painting

Category

Paintings, sketches, and prints > Japan > Medieval ink paintings