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

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.

Provenance

James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1940); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1940–)

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

Katsushika Hokusai

early 1830s

Accession Number

1940.1002

Medium

color woodblock print

Dimensions

Overall: 25.4 x 38.4 cm (10 x 15 1/8 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Bequest of James Parmelee