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The Dragon of Smoke Escaping from Mount Fuji
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Completion date unknown
Style: Ukiyo-e
Genre: landscape
Tags: Mount-Fuji
A dragon emerges from the thick black smoke circling Mount Fuji. The smoke and the dragon are one and the same, the smoke being the path through which the dragon has traveled to escape. In contrast, Mount Fuji stands pristinely white, covered in snow. Mountains in the foreground and a small puff of trees indicate the extent of the size of the mountain, which is unaffected by the escape of the dragon. Hokusai was a master at evincing an almost religious reverence for the majesty of the mountain, which stands like a fortress in the middle of the painting, allowing the dragon of smoke to escape.
All Katsushika Hokusai Artworks Sorted by Year
Inside the Courtyard of the Toeizan Temple at Ueno - Katsushika Hokusai
Women walking in a garden - Katsushika Hokusai
Woman in an Interior - Katsushika Hokusai
Teahouse Umeyashiki - Katsushika Hokusai
View of Honmoku - Katsushika Hokusai
Cargo ship and wave - Katsushika Hokusai
Woman Looking at Herself in a Mirror - Katsushika Hokusai
Primer Book of Treasury loyal vassals - Katsushika Hokusai
Ningyo - Katsushika Hokusai
Ōnmyo Imoseyama - Katsushika Hokusai
New Year's Days of the Teahouse Ogi-ya - Katsushika Hokusai
The giant mountain man - Katsushika Hokusai
