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The coming and going of white clouds (Devoted Fuji)
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The coming and going of white clouds (Devoted Fuji)

Koizumi Kishio · 1944-04 · color woodcut; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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White clouds glide over the slope and peak of Mount Fuji. 'The coming and going of white clouds' refers to a saying from Zen Buddhism: 'the blue mountain is immovable, white clouds come and go'. The mountain symbolizes the self, or the soul. The clouds are distractions and delusions that make life difficult and which one would do better to let glide over.

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Credit lineThe coming and going of white clouds (Devoted Fuji). 1944-04. Koizumi Kishio. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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