Rainstorm beneath the Summit
after Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, 1760 - 1849
20th century
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 14 7/8 in. (25.6 × 37.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2016.47.3
Portfolio / Series Title
From the Series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, on reverse, lower left: Reproduced by Y. N[illeg.] Tokyo; Printed on reverse, lower right: MADE IN JAPAN
Label
In Japanese, Haku-u (白雨) refers to the sudden rain showers of summer. Here, Hokusai captures a Haku-u scene in the cloudy skies surrounding Mount Fuji and the fine spray of water at the foot of the mountain. His use of color, composition, and tonality demonstrates his experimental approach to portraying natural phenomena in woodblock prints. In the right corner, as well, Hokusai depicts lightning flashing nearby, an abstract representation that enlivens the scene through a display of the majestic power of nature.
Title
富嶽三十六景 山下白雨
[Fugaku sanjūrokkei Sanka haku-u]
Artist signature
北斎改為一筆
Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu
Brushed [by] Hokusai, now Iitsu [Hokusai changed his name to Iitsu in 1820]
Publisher seal (verso)
東京西宮 / Made in Japan [Tokyo Nishinomiya]
Reproduced by Y. Nishinomiya, Kami Negishi, Tokyo
From the 2024 exhibition Attitude of Coexistence: Non-Humans in East Asian Art, curated by Haely Chang, Jane and Raphael Bernstein Associate Curator of East Asian Art
Course History
Center for Cartoon Studies, Dan Nott, Fall 2021
ARTH 62.30/ASCL 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Spring 2022
Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints Allen Hockley, Spring 2023
Art History 62.30, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 62.12, Japanese Prints, Allen Hockley, Summer 2023
Exhibition History
Attitude of Coexistence: Non-humans in East Asian Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 5-June 29, 2025.
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued, 2016.
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