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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Predicate Object
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