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A woodblock print of a partially sunlit mountain against a cloudy blue sky. The mountain's blue shadowed base is forested whilst the red sunlit tip of the mountain is snowy.

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Fine wind, clear weather (凱風快晴 Gaifū kaisei), Edo Period

Maker

  • Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八
  • Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Title

Fine wind, clear weather (凱風快晴 Gaifū kaisei)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban: 26 x 38.1 cm (10 1/4 x 15 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 北斎改為一筆

Marks: Three partial red stamps visible verso, bottom right corner.

Identification

Edition

This impression has the careful printing, color gradation, strong reddish-brown color of mountain and two small areas of white at the lower edge characteristic of an early edition.

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1185

Fine wind, clear weather (凱風快晴 Gaifū kaisei)
from the series Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
冨嶽三十六景
凱風快晴

Manual / Issue 18

Nature
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This impression has the careful printing, color gradation, strong reddish-brown color of mountain and two small areas of white at the lower edge characteristic of an early edition.

Signature: 北斎改為一筆

Marks: Three partial red stamps visible verso, bottom right corner.

Place Made: Japan

Publications

Manual / Issue 18

Nature
Read Online

Exhibition History

Being and Believing in the Natural World

October 22, 2022 - June 4, 2023

Mountains and Rivers

July 10 - November 1, 2009

Meisho

June 4 - August 29, 2004

Hokusai's Mount Fuji

April 15 - May 29, 1994

Hokusai's Mount Fuji

June 14 - August 17, 1991

Hokusai and His Followers

May 15 - September 27, 1987

In The Shadow of Fuji

June 21 - October 27, 1985
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