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)"
Katsushika Hokusai · 1830/33 · Color woodblock print; oban
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About this picture
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)" is a public-domain illustration by Katsushika Hokusai, dated 1830/33. Color woodblock print; oban. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
This is the print usually called The Great Wave. It is from Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, about 1830–1833. Fuji is the small steady shape under the wave. The sheet is a woodblock print, so museums often hold different impressions of the same design.
About the artist
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. The series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, including Under the Wave off Kanagawa, made his landscape prints famous well beyond Japan.
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