Hōei eruption
The Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji started on 16 December 1707 (23rd day of the 11th month of the year Hōei 4) and ended about 1 January 1708 (9th day of the 12th month of the year Hōei 4) during the Edo period. Today the crater of the main eruption can be visited from the Fujinomiya or Gotemba Trails on Mount Fuji. Hokusai's "One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji" includes an image of the small crater at a secondary eruption site on the southwestern slope. This was called "Mount Hōei", because the eruption occurred in the fourth year of Hōei. This eruption of Mount Fuji might have been triggered by the 1707 Hōei earthquake