In 1927 meteorologist Masanao Abe 18911966 established the Abe Cloud Air Current Research Observatory on the heights of Gotemba in Shizuoka Prefecture Until 1942 through his contributions to research magazines and publications he worked on elucidating the formation process of clouds above Mount Fuji He left a colossal archive representative of modern meteorology including pictorial records of every kind this one an early success artistically