Title

'Sengen, the Goddess of Mount Fuji', 1912. Creator: Evelyn Paul.

Caption

'Sengen, the Goddess of Mount Fuji', 1912. Sengen is the Shinto Goddess of Fujiyama, the highest mountain in Japan, considered the most holy. She is blossom-princess and symbolises delicate earthly life. From "Myths & Legends of Japan", by F. Harland Davis. [George G. Harrap & Company, London, 1912]

Date

1912

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM20A33_059

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,5Mb (3,8Mb) / 12,7in x 18,8in / 3822 x 5628 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather nature G G Harrap & Co Harrap GG Harrap & Co Evelyn Paul Paul Evelyn George G Harrap & Co Fousi-yama G G & Co GG & Co George G Harrap & Company George Harrap & Company Evelyn Maude Blanche Paul Myths & Legends of Japan Frederick Hadland Davis Frederick Hadland Sengen cloud clouds female women woman people ribbon Asian Asia religious ORIENTAL flower flowers plant plants arts mountain mountains country religion femininity white book continent geography color floating Japan Japanese royal Honshu volcano dress holy hair deity God Shinto location century long hair feminine literature royalty princess concept legend lotus myth mid air one person Fuji Mount Fuji goddess long haired lotus flower Colour legendary 1910s 20th century Chubu The Print Collector Fuji-san geographical feature TGN Fujiyama illustration portrait white colour Davis Brian O'Connor Peter King photograph photograph portrait portrait