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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

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

early 1830s
(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Overall: 25.4 x 38.4 cm (10 x 15 1/8 in.)
Location: Not on view

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.
  • ?–1940
    James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1940–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard. "The Bequest of James Parmelee." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15-27. Mentioned: p. 19 www.jstor.org
  • Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
    Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).
  • {{cite web|title=Rain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)|url=false|author=Katsushika Hokusai|year=early 1830s|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1002