33.Fine Wind, Clear Morning

‘Fine Wind, Clear Morning’ (Gaifu kaisei, Red Fuji) is the famous Japanese painting as the work of big wave art ‘The Great Wave Off Kanagagawa’ in “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji“.

Against the background of the summer or autumn mackerel sky, the surface of Mt. Fuji is flushed by the morning sun.

The ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai（1760-1849) drew the ukiyo-e woodblock printing of an early morning moment filled with energy by making colors and composition very simple.

He also created the dense and dark atmosphere of  the sea of trees on Mt. Fuji by drawing trees in minute detail.

The clouds, remainingl snow, blurring are accented against the whole of the deep colors.

Though the ukiyo-e art makes a strong impression on us, we cannot still identify the point of the view to the red Fuji. According to one theory, he may have drawn from the the vew of the Lake Kawaguchi.

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Rainstorm Beneath the Summit from "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji"

32.Rainstorm Beneath the Summit   32. Rainstorm Beneath the Summit Whereas the ukiyo-e artworks 'South Wind, Clear Sky' is called Red Fuji, 'Rainstorm Beneath the Summit'(Sanka Hakuu) is called Brack Fuji. As the Red Fuji, Brack Fuji is also one of the famous Japanese prints. The white clouds and blue sky spread near the summit of Mt. Fuji where the snow still remains, but the skirts of the mountain are covered with black clouds and the lightning is fal...

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Climbing on Fuji from "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji"

34.Climbing on Fuji  34. Climbing on Fuji It is a ukiyo-e print depicting the people climbing the mountain, not in a distant view as other artworks of the series. "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" is now a famous landscape painting with the theme of Mt. Fuji. But when the pictures were sold in Edo Period, the publisher Nishimura-ya Yohachi intended to follow the trend of Shinto sect dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji The pilgrims climbing the mountain path with ...

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