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Image Not Available for Fuji in Clear Weather (Red Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji
Fuji in Clear Weather (Red Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji
Image Not Available for Fuji in Clear Weather (Red Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji

Fuji in Clear Weather (Red Fuji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher
Dateearly 1830s
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ōban; overall: 9 5/8 × 14 5/8 in. (24.4 × 37.1 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioThirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Object number1950.711
Status
Not on view
More Information
This series of woodblock prints shows Mount Fuji from a broad array of different viewpoints, each one unique. Hokusai also produced a series of prints entitled One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, demonstrating that he pursued his quest to portray Japan's highest mountain in all its aspects with a certain obsessiveness. Against a background of soft clouds blown along by the south wind at the beginning of summer, bare Mount Fuji is here portrayed in russet tones, for which reason it is also known as the "Red Fuji." For Hokusai, this was the true aspect of the mountain. The feeling of tension produced by the steep slopes rearing up into the sky has caused this picture to be regarded as Hokusai's masterpiece, as well as a masterpiece among Japanese woodblock prints.
Exhibition History
Japanese Print Exhibition
  • Carleton College Art Department (April 21, 1965 - May 9, 1965 )
Japanese Prints from the Ainsworth Collection, Oberlin College
  • Mansfield Fine Arts Guild, Mansfield, OH (November 7, 1965 - November 28, 1965 )
Japanese Prints from the Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 1979 - October 21, 1979 )
Highlights from the Ainsworth Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 15, 1988 - June 12, 1988 )
Japanese Woodblock Prints: Selections from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 1, 1992 - June 14, 1992 )
Quality and Technique in Prints
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 4, 1996 - December 22, 1996 )
Monet and Japan
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (March 9, 2001 - June 11, 2001 )
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (July 6, 2001 - September 16, 2001 )
Visions of Turmoil and Tranquility: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 17, 2005 - December 23, 2005 )
The Cultured Landscape in China and Japan
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 6, 2007 - August 13, 2007 )
Envisioning Edo's Splendor: The Floating World and Beyond
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 3, 2009 - July 19, 2009 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
  • Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
  • Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 14, 2020 - December 6, 2020 )
Collections
  • Asian
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