South Wind, Clear Sky, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
early 1830s
Medium
color woodblock print
Dimensions
25.6 × 37.5 cm
Classification
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
Accession Number
1930.189
Tags
male
About this artwork
Mt. Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain, appeared in most Japanese 19th-century travel literature. Maps sometimes showed its location with a Fuji-shaped icon and indicated where travelers could get the best view of it. Between 1829 and 1833, Hokusai created a print series depicting thirty-six views of the mountain, including this one, sometimes known as “Red Fuji.” The season in this scene is a time between late summer and early autumn, when the mountain takes on a reddish hue.