Mikawa-no-kuni Horaiji-san (“Mt. Horaiji in Mikawa Province”)

Mt. Horaiji, located upstream on the Toyo River in the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, is 695 m high, and entirely covered with cedar and oak forests. It is famous as a habitat for oriental scops owls, which are known for their calls that sound like “bupposo” (a Buddhist priest). This painting is composed skillfully, depicting Mt. Horaiji between hazy mountains in the background and a village with farming fields in the foreground, as well as various forms of raised footpaths between the fields. The mountains are colored light brown and the fields pale indigo, well representing the lyricism of a tinted landscape.

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