Kuniyoshi's Landscapes

The era in which Kuniyoshi was active was the heyday of ukiyo-e landscape prints. At a time when masterpieces such as Katsushika Hokusai's The Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji and Utagawa Hiroshige's The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido were being created, Kuniyoshi established a unique style of landscapes using various techniques such as compositions that feature a low vantage point and depict a vast sky, extensive use of gradated shading techniques on a woodblock print, and expressions of shadows.

It is said that Kuniyoshi's research into Western copperplate prints was behind this innovative style. Kuniyoshi's progressive landscapes stand out among ukiyo-e landscapes by skillfully capturing light and shadow and creating a sense of depth.