some remarks on quality p.12
Normally we will not see the brushwork behind the effect of ink shade and a whole part of the surface is just shaded with colour or ink.
The background is here darkened with a sand coloured layerof colour, to strengthen the contrast at the top of Mount Fuji. The ink shade in the hill side with its different grades of ink is establishing the vastness of the mountain and depth toward the background. The effect is further enhanced by the patch of unpainted silk that creates the impression of a cloud stretching around the shoulder of the holy mountain.
The background is here darkened with a sand coloured layerof colour, to strengthen the contrast at the top of Mount Fuji. The ink shade in the hill side with its different grades of ink is establishing the vastness of the mountain and depth toward the background. The effect is further enhanced by the patch of unpainted silk that creates the impression of a cloud stretching around the shoulder of the holy mountain.