The cycling journey tracing Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji reaches its grand finale. In this final chapter, we’ll visit cycling spots where you can admire South Wind, Clear Sky and Rainstorm Beneath the Summit—two of the most iconic works alongside The Great Wave off Kanagawa.We’ll also explore Lake Suwa in Shinano Province and conclude the series with Groups of Mountain Climbers, the only work in the collection painted from within the mountain itself.Join us as we discover the modern landscapes that echo Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji in this concluding chapter. Top artwork: Katsushika Hokusai, “South Wind, Clear Sky”All Hokusai images courtesy of the Tokyo Fuji Art Muse […]

The Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji was created by Katsushika Hokusai, a ukiyo-e artist of the late Edo period. As many will know, it is an ambitious series of woodblock prints capturing Mount Fuji in its myriad expressions, which change dramatically depending on the viewpoint and the time of day. In addition to the thirty-six prints indicated by the title, a further ten were later added—likely inspired by the popular Fuji worship (Fujikō) movements among the common people—bringing the total to forty-six works. In August 2025, I am in the midst of a journey to visit all forty-six of these landscapes under my own power.In this installment, I focus on three of them—The New Fields at Ōno in Suru […]