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 38 Ukiyo-e

rights public domain (CC0)

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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)"

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