Katsushika HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)
Fuji with a Cuckoo (Kakko no Fuji)
A stylish man holding a outsized fan sits on a jetty looking out over a river and marshes to Fuji beyond. A cucko flying across the face of the mountain heralds early summer..
a single page illustration
number 96 from 100 Views of Mount Fuji ( Fugaku Hyakkeei) Volume 3
first published c 1840
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