Curator’s note

The Great Wave off Kanagawa

One of Hokusai's woodblock prints from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: a colossal wave curls like claws over boats while Mount Fuji rises small in the distance. It is the most widely known Japanese image in the world.

Source: Arterra 큐레이션

Date: 1830
Medium: Prussian blue

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ArtistKatsushika Hokusai PeriodNeoclassical & Romantic CountryJapan MuseumTokyo National Museum

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