Summit of Mount Fuji 1928 by Hiroshi Yoshida Henry Lyman There is warmth here despite

There is warmth here despite the graphic restraint: a sense of journey

the stalks rising with quiet authority against an open ground

preserving the delicate linework and tonal nuance of the original

the bold outlines and flat colour fields retain their graphic crispness and vibrancy

producing a sense of infinite calm

Summit of Mount Fuji 1928 by Hiroshi Yoshida Henry Lyman There is warmth here despiteSummit of Mount Fuji 1928 places the viewer at altitude close enough to the peak that the world below disappears into cloud and haze. Yoshida strips the composition back to essentials: volcanic rock, layered cloud, and the vast open sky. The palette is spare, moving through cool greys and muted blues with accents of russet and ochre in the exposed rock face. There is a quality of isolation at the top of the world here, and Yoshida captures it without