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Collection Online as of December 7, 2023

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

early 1830s

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎

(Japanese, 1760–1849)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Color woodblock print

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

Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1002

Location

not on view

Description

Hokusai probably composed this print as a complement to Mt. Fuji in Clear Weather (see 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.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signature: Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".

Gallery One Rotation, November 5, 2012 - April 29, 2013.

Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).

Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).

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