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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1937,0710,0.120
Title
Object:
Sanka hakuu 山下白雨
(Sudden Shower beneath the Summit)
Series:
Fugaku sanjurokkei 冨嶽三十六景
(Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)
Description
Colour woodblock print. Driving rain and lightning at the base of Mt Fuji. 1 of 2 impressions in the collection.
Producer name
Print artist:
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
Cultures/periods
Tenpo Era
Production date
1831
(probably late 1831 (Keyes and Morse 2015))
Production place
Made in:
Japan
Materials
paper
Technique
woodblock
colour
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Keyes & Morse 2015 / Catalogue raisonné of Hokusai's single sheet prints
(636)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
landscape
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Fuji-san (Mount Fuji)
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Charles Hazelwood Shannon
Acquisition date
1937
Department
Asia
Registration number
1937,0710,0.120
Conservation
Treatment
: 16 Aug 2000