Byron Earhart, a prominent American scholar of Japanese religion and author of Mount Fuji: Icon of Japan ... a Hokusai view with Fuji in the background, majestically immobile, simplicity ...

Mount Fuji last erupted in 1707. In the worst-case scenario, a massive eruption of Japan's highest peak could spew 30 centimeters of ash (nearly 12 inches) or more over Tokyo, about 100 kilometers ...