The books contain over a hundred views of Mount Fuji in various styles and settings; Hokusai shows the peak in pure landscapes, with flora and fauna, in religious and mythological scenes and with different atmospheric effects, but above all, he focuses on ordinary people at work.

[5]Coming soon after the publication of his famous Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Hokusai continued his "artistic and spiritual exploration" of the mountain.

[3] Whereas the Thirty-six Views largely consists of images drawn from reality, this work features few designs rooted in a specific place.

[3] Henry Smith states the books show how Hokusai saw Fuji as "a powerful reservoir of immortality that would assist him in his personal quest to live beyond one hundred years of age and fathom ultimate artistic truths".

[6] Art historian Jack Hillier regarded the One Hundred Views as Hokusai's "masterwork" and as a summation of his artistic philosophy and practice.