# Thunder god - By: Katsushika Hokusai θ‘›ι£ΎεŒ—ζ–Ž (1760-1849) - Date: 1847 - Medium: Ink and color on paper - Classification: Paintings - Dimensions: H x W (image): 126.9 x 53.8 cm (49 15/16 x 21 3/16 in) - Culture: Japanese - Credit line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer - Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://asia.si.edu/object/F1900.47/) - Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) - Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/66d48aff1e89a95b29189687ae63b98c.jpg - Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words) In the upper right portion of this painting is the Thunder God, who beats the drums carried on his back during storms. Japanese painters enjoyed depicting this deity among rolling clouds and sparks of lightning. Hokusai's painting reflects his virtuosity in capturing the latent energy of the deity as he hovers among black clouds splattered with ink to express the violence of the storm.