The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Print by Hokusai
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history. The print depicts three boats moving through a storm-tossed sea, with a large, cresting wave... Wikipedia
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history.
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei).
May 10, 2020 · The print Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura) by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), better known as the 'Great Wave' is famous ...
The Great Wave: Anatomy of an Icon | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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One print in the series, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (commonly known as The Great Wave), has become a global icon, synonymous in both the East and the West not ...
Apr 6, 2019 · Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku ...
Under the Wave off Kanagawa is full of visual play. The mountain, made tiny by the use of perspective, appears as if it too will be swallowed up by the wave.
Under the Wave off Kanagawa is full of visual play. The mountain, made tiny by the use of perspective, appears as if it too will be swallowed up by the wave.
Perhaps the single most iconic image of the ukiyo-e period, this print shows the sacred mountain--Mount Fuji, in the distance, across the trough of a great ...
Hokusai Under the Wave off Kanagawa | U.S. Geological Survey
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The Great Wave is best thought of as a large, rogue wave or perhaps as a mythical event, a "yarn" told by sailors. Because of the location of Mount Fuji and ...
May 19, 2017 · Had Katsushika Hokusai died when he was struck by lightning at the age of 50 in 1810, he would be remembered as a popular artist of the ...