Rain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji) (early 1830s): Art, History and Details

Rain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji) (early 1830s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the 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.

Object facts

• Title: Rain Below the Mountain (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)
• Date: early 1830s
• Creator attribution: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Print
• Technique: color woodblock print
• Dimensions: Overall: 25.4 x 38.4 cm (10 x 15 1/8 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1940.1002

Collection credit

Bequest of James Parmelee

Further reading listed by the museum

• Hollis, Howard. "The Bequest of James Parmelee." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15-27.

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