
Mount Fuji: Wellspring of Art and Culture
This pamphlet, edited by Takashina Shuji, looks at the enormous impact Mount Fuji has had on Japanese art and culture. It introduces an array of marvelous works of art that have depicted Mount Fuji and demonstrate how well suited it is to designation as a World Cultural Heritage Site.
Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji (Hokusai's ukiyo-e arts)
Hokusai Katsushika represents ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock prints) artists during the 18th and 19th centuries in Japan. Fugaku Sanju Rokkei (Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji) represents his many great works. Here, you may view famous works of his, such as Gaifu Kaisei (South Wind, Clear Dawn) -- known as Aka Fuji or Red Mount Fuji at Dawn -- and Kanagawa-oki Nami-ura (The Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave off Kanagawa) -- which is well known even overseas as "Big Wave."