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Katsushika Hokusai

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

early 1830s
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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.

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