Fuji (apple) Fuji (apple) The Fuji apple is an apple hybrid developed by growers at Tohoku Research Station (農林省園芸試験場東北支場) in Fujisaki, Aomori, Japan, in the late 1930s, and brought to market in 1962. It originated as a cross between two American apple varieties — the Red Delicious and old Virginia Ralls Genet (sometimes cited as "Rawls Jennet") apples. According to the US Apple Association website it is one of the fifteen most popular apple cultivars in the United States. Its name is derived from the first part of the town where it was developed: Fujisaki. Fuji apples are typically round and range
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Hiroshige) was published by Sanoya. The images are shown in the order as determined by the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum. There is an alternate numbering scheme that corresponds to that given by Edmond de Goncourt in his work on Hokusai. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Hiroshige) Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Japanese: 富士三十六景; "Fuji Sanjū-Rokkei") is the title of two series of woodblock prints by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji in differing seasons and weather conditions from a variety of different places and distances. The 1852 series are in landscape orientation; the 1858 series are in portrait orientation.