Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
The mountain with a snow-capped peak is Mount Fuji, which in Japan is considered sacred and a symbol of national identity, as well as a symbol of beauty. Mount Fuji is an iconic figure in many Japanese representations of famous places ("meisho-e"), as is the case in Hokusai's series of "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji", which opens with the present scene.