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Rain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineRain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji), early 1830s. Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849). Color woodblock print; overall: 25.4 x 38.4 cm (10 x 15 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.1002
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