Mount Fuji– category –

The Fuji Five Lakes — Kawaguchiko, Yamanakako, Saiko, Shojiko, Motosuko — gave Hokusai his most compositionally ambitious Fuji images. A guide to the sacred geography at the mountain's base.

Hundreds of thousands of Edo citizens belonged to Fuji-ko pilgrimage societies. The religious journey shaped how Japan saw its sacred mountain — and how artists depicted it.

It's the companion to The Great Wave — but most people couldn't name it. Red Fuji is arguably more technically brilliant. Here's what makes it extraordinary.

Height, geology, pilgrimages, eruption history, and why it became Japan's most painted mountain. The complete fact file on Fuji.

No mountain has been painted as many times. Here's why Fuji dominated the woodblock tradition, which artists made it famous, and what makes each master's treatment unique.

The title says thirty-six but there are forty-six. The subject is Fuji but the mountain is often barely visible. Here are the hidden details that make this series extraordinary.