I n 1831, the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai immortalized a snow-covered Mount Fuji in the background of his famous woodblock print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.Although the image of the ...

The mountain with its snowy top and near symmetrical slopes has been the subject of numerous forms of art, including Japanese ...

Angus Lockyer describes Katsushika Hokusai's Great Wave. It was produced in the early 1830s as part of a series, Thirty Six Images of Mount Fuji, which actually contained 46 images (because ...

The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa', c1829-1831, from the series 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Source: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images HOKUSAI, directed by Hajime Hashimoto ...

Fuji has also been a motif of art works such as "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" by ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. When Mount Fuji's climbing season opens in July, hikers using the most ...

O-Ei is by his side as he completes his iconic "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" series. When Hokusai grew too old to wield his brush freely, O-Ei becomes his "brush" and paints on his behalf.

During the course of the story, Hokusai is stricken by the beauty of Mount Fuji while he is on the road. When the ukiyo-e master comes across the indigo color he has been looking for, he explodes ...

It also has another name called 'Red Fuji'. This print is also by Hokusai and shows Mount Fuji. Hokusai made 46 prints that all show Mount Fuji in different ways. Hokusai and his art inspired many ...