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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.
Ukiyo-e

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 sanjurokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai
artist Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎, Japanese, 1760-1849
date 1830/33
medium Color woodblock print; oban
origin Japan
dimensions 25.4 × 37.6 cm
credit line Clarence Buckingham Collection
exhibitions The Floating World and the Flat One
hall 08 Ukiyo-e
rights public domain (CC0)
Record in Chicago Full image

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