冨嶽三十六景 凱風快晴|South Wind, Clear Sky (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
ca. 1830–32
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Oban nishiki-e triptych: 10 x 15 in. (25.4 x 38.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number
JP2568
Tags
Art Historical Context
Katsushika Hokusai's *South Wind, Clear Sky* (also known as *Red Fuji*), from his groundbreaking series *Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji*, captures the majestic volcano in a moment of radiant dawn. Created around 1830–32 during Japan's Edo period, this woodblock print showcases Mount Fuji bathed in bold reds and oranges against a clear blue sky, with foreground trees swaying in the breeze. Hokusai, a master of ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world"), revolutionized printmaking at age 70, producing over 30,000 works in his lifetime. Printed as an *oban nishiki-e*—a large-format, multi-colore...
About the Artist
Katsushika Hokusai · 1760–1849
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) stands as one of history's most influential artists, a Japanese master who revolutionized the ukiyo-e woodblock print tradition and profoundly shaped Western art. Born in the Katsushika district of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to an artisan family, Hokusai lived through nearly nine decades of extraordinary creative evolution, adopting over thirty different artistic names t...