Mr. Miyata made it his life work to depict his home country Japan. It took Mr. Miyata 30 years to complete. It is astonishing how recognizable Miyata could make the subjects of his prints even when simplifying the colors and shapes, an incredible talent. Miyata's prints are very recognizable, as he created a unique style in which he eliminated details and used colors and shapes in their most simple forms to create a vibrant but still very recognizable image of reality. Mount Aso (阿蘇山, Aso-san) or Aso Volcano is the largest active volcano in Japan and among the largest in the world. Common use relates often only to the somma volcano in the centre of Aso Caldera. It stands in Aso Kujū National Park in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu. Its tallest peak, Takadake, is 1,592 meters above sea level. Mount Aso is in a fairly large caldera (25 kilometers (16 miles) north-south and 18 km east-west) with a circumference of around 120 km (75 mi), although sources vary on the exact distance. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains. The eruption which formed the present somma occurred approximately 300,000 years ago. Four large-scale eruptions (Aso 1 – 4) occurred during a period extending from 300,000 to 90,000 years ago. As large amounts of pyroclastic flow and volcanic ash were emitted from the volcanic chamber, a huge depression (caldera) was formed as the chamber collapsed. The fourth eruption (Aso 4) was the largest, with volcanic ash covering the entire Kyushu region and even extending to Yamaguchi Prefecture. (source: Wikipedia) Saburo Miyata was born in Nagano prefecture in 1924, but worked mainly in Tokyo. He founded the Tokyo Print Research Institute in Tokyo. Miyata has had 250 solo exhibitions of his work as well as many publications. This specific print has never been framed and always stored in a dark space. There is thinning of the paper in the left top corner, where the print was attached to a mount by the publisher. As such, I rate this print as in good condition. Due to the large size of the print, it will be shipped registered in a tube. This allows for drastically reduced shipping costs.