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Rain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)

early 1830s

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Overall: 25.4 x 38.4 cm (10 x 15 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1002
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Hokusai probably composed this print as a complement to Mt. Fuji in Clear Weather (see CMA 1930.189) and to illustrate the mountain’s majesty in different weather. Here, a sudden shower covers most of the mountain’s base and slope with dark clouds.
A horizontally oriented print depicts Mount Fuji as a massive, triangular form arcing up toward the upper right, capped with white snow. Its upper slopes are mottled red-brown, darkening into a solid black base. A sharp, pinkish lightning bolt zigzags across the black foreground. Curled white clouds cluster against a blue sky that darkens at the top. Japanese calligraphy sits within a rectangular box in the upper left.

Rain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)

early 1830s

Katsushika Hokusai

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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