Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, 1760–1849
South Wind, Clear Sky, from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, early 1830s
Color woodblock print
25.6 × 37.5 cm (10 × 14 ¾ in.)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
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.
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