Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Red Fuji)

A south wind and a clear dawn: Fuji flushed red from forest to summit, the last snow streaking its peak, mackerel clouds combed across the blue. The series' second icon and the Great Wave's opposite — no boats, no storm, no people, only the mountain answering the light. It fixed Fuji's image for the world. The forest at the mountain's foot is not drawn but stippled — a band of dark green laid like moss; above it the whole design is three colors holding one another in balance. "One mountain, one wind, one morning. It is enough."

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-00364