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)"

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)"

TitleUnder 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)"
ArtistKatsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849
Date1830/33
MediumColor woodblock print; oban
Classificationwoodblock print
OriginJapan

Themes: Zoological illustrationAnatomical illustrationHistorical scientific diagrams

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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 sanjūrokkei)"” is a work by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849, dated 1830/33. It is executed in color woodblock print; oban and classified as woodblock print. In this archive it sits within the zoological illustration, anatomical illustration, historical scientific diagrams tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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