Rainstorm Beneath the Summit (Black Fuji)

Rainstorm Beneath the Summit (Black Fuji) (Katsushika Hokusai) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. Storm Below the Summit (Black Fuji) · Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1831.

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About this work

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
Year: c. 1830–1832
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and colour on paper
Original size: approx. 25.7 × 38 cm
Collection: Impressions in many collections; this one from the Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Movement: Ukiyo-e
Series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji rises as a dark mass against a sky of white clouds, its summit touched with snow, while in the black shadow of its lower slopes a jagged bolt of red lightning strikes and the base of the mountain disappears into storm. The Japanese title, Sanka hakuu, means white rain below the mountain. Hokusai designed it around 1830 to 1832 for Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, and it is the deliberate companion of Fine Wind, Clear Morning: the same silhouette seen in fair weather and in storm, the one red and the other nearly black. The print is one of the few in the series with no human presence at all. The impression reproduced here is held by the Library of Congress.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original plate — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16 in • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Rainstorm Beneath the Summit (Black Fuji) in the public domain?

Yes. Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Impressions in many collections; this one from the Library of Congress.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Rainstorm Beneath the Summit (Black Fuji) painted, and in what medium?

Rainstorm Beneath the Summit (Black Fuji) dates from c. 1830–1832 and was made in woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and colour on paper; the original measures approx. 25.7 × 38 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Rainstorm Beneath the Summit (Black Fuji) (Katsushika Hokusai) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. Storm Below the Summit (Black Fuji) · Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1831. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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