“Nowhere in the world do people hold mountains in so much regard
as in Japan,†writes Fukada Ky?ya in the afterword to this book.
“Mountains have played a part in Japanese history since the
country's beginnings, and they manifest themselves in every form of
art. For mountains have always formed the bedrock of the Japanese
soul.†In One Hundred Mountains of Japan, Fukada pays tribute to
his favourite mountains. Originating as a series of magazine
articles about a personal selection of mountains, the work became
an instant classic when it was first published in book form in
1964. More recently, Japan’s national broadcasting company has
turned the original Nihon Hyakumeizan into a memorable TV series.
Consisting of one hundred short essays, each celebrating one
notable mountain and its place in Japan’s traditions, the book is
an elegantly written eulogy to the landscape, literature and
history that define a people. Fukada was bemused by his book’s
success: “In the end, the one hundred mountains represent my
personal choice and I make no claims for them beyond that.†Yet,
half a century after he set down those words, his mountains have
become an institution. Marked on every hiking map, his Hyakumeizan
are today firmly embedded in the mountain traditions they grew out
of. Now available in English translation, One Hundred Mountains of
Japan will serve as a guide for a new cohort of hikers and
mountaineers. It also opens up new territories for students of
Japan’s literature, folklore, religions, and mountaineering
history – in short, for mountain-lovers everywhere.
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