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Katsushika Hokusai

葛飾 北斎, Japanese, 1760-1849

works 2dates 1830 – 1834halls Ukiyo-e
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A color woodblock print of a large crashing wave, looms over two narrow boats full of people. Mt Fuji in the background.  There is a faint peach colored sky. Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki…1830/33 · Ukiyo-e A pair of white, blue, pink, and black cranes, one with wing extended, perch on a wide, knotty, snow-covered pine branch. Cranes on snow-covered pinec. 1834 · Ukiyo-e

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