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'Under the Wave off Kanagawa')[a] 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 forming a spiral in the centre over the boats and Mount Fuji visible in the background.
Japanese, 1760-1849. Katsushika Hokusai’s much celebrated series, Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjûrokkei), was begun in 1830, when the artist was 70 years old. This tour-de-force series established the popularity of landscape prints, which continues to this day.
Jan 2, 2022 · This is the famous wave painting by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, titled The Great Wave off Kanagawa in English. The painting is also dubbed as just The Great Wave.
Aug 7, 2020 · The image depicts an enormous wave threatening boats off the coast of the town of Kanagawa (the present-day city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture). While sometimes assumed to be a tsunami, the wave is more likely to be a large rogue wave.
This iconic composition comes from the golden age of Japanese woodblock printmaking. Hokusai manages, through the clever and dramatic manipulation of space, to dwarf Japan's snow-capped Mt....
13 min read. The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, probably in late 1831, during the Edo period of Japanese history. The print depicts three ships moving through a storm-tossed sea, with a large wave forming a spiral in the center and Mount Fuji visible in the background.
Apr 9, 2015 · The blue and white tsunami, ascending from the left of the composition like a massive claw, descends pitilessly on Mount Fuji – the most august mountain in Japan, turned in Katsushika...
