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Rainstorm Beneath the Summit (Fuji over Lightening), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji

Rainstorm Beneath the Summit (Fuji over Lightening), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji

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Katsushika Hokusai

Artist/Maker
Katsushika Hokusai
(Japanese, 1760 - 1849)
Title
Rainstorm Beneath the Summit (Fuji over Lightening), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji
Date
1830-1835
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
258 x 367 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.2388
Classification
Prints
Location
Japan

Related

1929, purchased from SATO (Kyoto, Japan) by Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Osumi, Takeshige, ed. "Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection Ukiyo-e Masterpieces Exhibition." Tokyo: Bun You Associates, 1999.
  • Chazen Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 23, No. 2, July- December 2006. back cover
  • Keyes, Roger S., Peter Morse. "Catalogue Raisonné of the Single-Sheet Colour Woodblock Prints of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)." The British Museum, 2015. https://www.dh-jac.net/db1/booksrske/search.php. cat. no. 636 (not illus.)
  • Marks, Andreas. "The (Almost) Complete Hokusai." Taschen, 2024. p. 499, fig. 12
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 215

  • Japanese Masterworks: Woodblock Prints from the Chazen Museum of Art Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 5/6/2016–8/14/2016
  • Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Van Vleck Collection, The: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/21/2001–6/17/2001
  • Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/13/1999–6/30/2000
  • Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints : A Preview, The: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/12/1981–5/17/1981

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