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Katsushika Hokusai / Fine Wind, Clear Morning

Fine Wind, Clear Morning

1830 · Colour woodblock print on paper

Mount Fuji glows red in the early morning light beneath a sky of drifting clouds, a calmer companion piece to Hokusai's Great Wave.

MovementUUkiyo-e
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Genreukiyo-e
Dimensions25.7 × 38 cm

Why it matters

Also known as Red Fuji, this woodblock print shows the mountain turned red by the rising sun on a clear early-autumn morning. It has been described as 'one of the simplest and at the same time one of the most outstanding of all Japanese prints'.

Did you know?

  • It is part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, made around 1830–1832.
  • The earliest impressions, known as Pink Fuji, are very rare.
  • Unlike most of the series it names no location, so the viewpoint is a mystery.

Based on the Wikipedia article Fine Wind, Clear Morning (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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