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.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese ukiyo-e print
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woodblock print ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rainstorm below the Summit
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Shower below the Summit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateCreationDate | early 1830s ⓘ |
| artForm | printmaking ⓘ |
| artMovement | ukiyo-e ⓘ |
| circulation | produced in multiple impressions ⓘ |
| colorProcess | polychrome woodblock printing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| creator | Katsushika Hokusai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Edo-period Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Mount Fuji
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clouds around Mount Fuji ⓘ dark rain clouds ⓘ slopes of Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| depictsNaturalPhenomenon | thunderstorm ⓘ |
| depictsRegion | Fuji Five Lakes area (idealized) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsTimeOfDay | daytime ⓘ |
| depictsWeather | rainstorm ⓘ |
| genre | landscape art ⓘ |
| hasArtisticTheme |
nature’s power
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transience of weather ⓘ |
| hasIconographicFocus | Mount Fuji as sacred mountain ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseTitle | 山下白雨 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | distant view of Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| hasRomanizedTitle | Sanka hakuu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Japanese landscape
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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
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innovative composition of Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| originalLanguageContext | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | nishiki-e ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByCreator |
South Wind, Clear Sky
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | one of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji ⓘ |
| usesCompositionalDevice |
contrast between light peak and dark base
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strong diagonal of rain lines ⓘ |
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