The Great Wave off Kanagawa
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history. The print depicts three boats moving through a
Print at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Plate used to print ukiyo-e
Hokusai, 1839 self-portrait
Detail of the centre of the image. In the background is Mount Fuji in blue with a snow-capped peak.
Hokusai
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Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji includes the iconic print The Great Wa
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
…off Kanagawa (Japanese: 神奈川沖浪裏, Hepburn: Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura; lit. 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa') is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai (1760–1849), created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history. The print depicts three boats moving through a storm-tossed sea, with a…
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