Ejiri in Suruga Province

A gust hits the road through the marsh at Ejiri: hats fly, a traveler's papers scatter into the sky like birds, a tree lets go of its leaves — and Fuji, unmoved, is a bare outline on the horizon. Nothing in the print is wind — everything in it is what wind does. Artists and photographers have been restaging this moment ever since. Fuji is printed as pure outline, almost bare paper — the stillest thing on the sheet is also the emptiest. "The wind takes what you carry. The road is still there."

Maker

Katsushika Hokusai

Date

c. 1830–32

Medium of the original

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Rights

Cleared for print

Catalogue number

PA-00367