New Fuji Greetings Card

From our range of Fine & Contemporary Art greetings cards -  the Victoria and Albert Museum collection. Blank inside and perfect for any occasion.

New Fuji by Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese woodblock print  - 4th month of 1857

This view documents the late Edo practice of constructing miniature replicas of Mount Fuji. The first such mini-Fuji was constructed in 1779 by a practitioner of Fujikō, a popular religion that worshipped the famed mountain as a god. The idea was to provide a chance to climb Mount Fuji for those normally unable to do so. The mini-Fuji in the foreground was built in 1819. A zigzag path along the slope mimics the switchback route up the real mountain.

The Victoria and Albert Museum was established to make works of art available to all, and to inspire British designers and manufacturers. Today the V&A's collections span over 5000 years of human creativity, and continue to intrigue, inspire and inform.

• Blank inside
• Supplied with a matching envelope
• This card is a UK standard letter postage size
• Printed in the UK on FSC approved materials