A view looking out over the Hida mountains on a bright day in Nagano, Japan. Slowly melting snow is retreating between ridges on rugged mountain terrain; bare earth, green grass and dark rock are showing through the snow. The sky above is blue, the horizon populated by stacks of tall white clouds.
Title: Mount Asahi, seen from Mount Shirouma (1924)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
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