Exploring Japanese Landmarks in Nishiki-e and Photographs

Mt. Kaimon

Mt. Kaimon is located at the southern tip of the Satsuma Peninsula. The northeastern half of the foot of the mountain faces land, and the southwest half faces the sea, and due to its conical shape, it is also called Satsuma Fuji. One of Japan’s 100 Famous Mountains.

Nishiki-e and Paintings

諸国名所百景 薩州枕崎海門ヶ嶽寿星踊

薩州枕崎海門ヶ嶽寿星踊

Photos

日本名勝風俗大写真帖

秀峰薩摩富士

The NDL Image Bank is a public-domain digital gallery of the National Diet Library, the national library in Japan. Our website has thousands of out-of-copyright Japanese artworks and images from our library’s extensive collection!

The NDL Gallery is online content that you can enjoy using the digitized materials of the National Diet Library. It also provides information on exhibitions in the National Diet Library.

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The NDL Digital Exhibitions features the NDL’s unique collections with explanations covering various themes such as nishiki-e, landscape photographs and historical materials. Discover your favorites!