Seeking a fresh start, the narrator retreats to a mountain-pass teahouse to write, glaring at a Fuji he finds too picturesque. Over weeks of eccentric visitors and a nervous courtship, the mountain slowly wins him over.
Books mentioned in One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (1)
Nihon Sansuiron by Kojima Usui: “Kojima Usui's Nihon Sansuiron has the line: "The sulkers among mountains mostly dwell in this land, as if immortals roaming at leisure." [auto-translated]”