Country Scenes and Mount Fuji, Folding Screen Painting

A painted folding screen in soft ink and color shows Mount Fuji rising above misty hills, with a bare tree and rocky outcrop at left. At right, small figures in blue and white garments gather near a thatched house beneath pines, while a golden ground and gold-tinted mist fill the lower field.

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

Date

ca. 1830-1832

Medium

Ink, color and gold on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

1851 × 857 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art