Rainstorm Beneath the Summit

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"Rainstorm Beneath the Summit" is a famous woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai depicting Mount Fuji lashed by a sudden storm, created as part of his iconic landscape series.

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instanceOf Japanese ukiyo-e print ⓘ
woodblock print ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rainstorm below the Summit ⓘ
Shower below the Summit ⓘ
approximateCreationDate early 1830s ⓘ
artForm printmaking ⓘ
artMovement ukiyo-e ⓘ
circulation produced in multiple impressions ⓘ
colorProcess polychrome woodblock printing ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
creator Katsushika Hokusai ⓘ
culturalContext Edo-period Japan ⓘ
linked to: Edo period
depicts Mount Fuji ⓘ
clouds around Mount Fuji ⓘ
dark rain clouds ⓘ
slopes of Mount Fuji ⓘ
depictsNaturalPhenomenon thunderstorm ⓘ
depictsRegion Fuji Five Lakes area (idealized) ⓘ
linked to: Fuji Five Lakes
depictsTimeOfDay daytime ⓘ
depictsWeather rainstorm ⓘ
genre landscape art ⓘ
hasArtisticTheme nature’s power ⓘ
transience of weather ⓘ
hasIconographicFocus Mount Fuji as sacred mountain ⓘ
hasJapaneseTitle 山下白雨 ⓘ
hasPerspective distant view of Mount Fuji ⓘ
hasRomanizedTitle Sanka hakuu ⓘ
hasSubject Japanese landscape ⓘ
Mount Fuji in bad weather ⓘ
historicalSignificance key work in Hokusai’s Fuji series ⓘ
inCollectionOf various museums worldwide ⓘ
influenced Western landscape artists ⓘ
influencedBy Japanese reverence for Mount Fuji ⓘ
intendedAudience urban print buyers in Edo Japan ⓘ
material ink on paper ⓘ
movementContext Japanese print culture of the Edo period ⓘ
notableFor dramatic contrast between dark storm and bright mountain ⓘ
innovative composition of Mount Fuji ⓘ
originalLanguageContext Japanese ⓘ
partOfSeries Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji ⓘ
period Edo period ⓘ
printingTechnique nishiki-e ⓘ
relatedWorkByCreator South Wind, Clear Sky ⓘ
linked to: South Wind

The Great Wave off Kanagawa ⓘ
seriesPosition one of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji ⓘ
usesCompositionalDevice contrast between light peak and dark base ⓘ
strong diagonal of rain lines ⓘ

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Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji → notableWorkInSeries → Rainstorm Beneath the Summit ⓘ
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji → hasPart → Rainstorm Beneath the Summit ⓘ
Fugaku Sanjūrokkei → hasPart → Rainstorm Beneath the Summit ⓘ
Fugaku Sanjūrokkei → notableWorkInSeries → Rainstorm Beneath the Summit ⓘ
Rainstorm Beneath the Summit → alsoKnownAs → Rainstorm below the Summit ⓘ
linked to: Rainstorm Beneath the Summit