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Katsushika Hokusai: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Artist



Alternative names	Birth name: Tokitarō (時太郎)
Description	Japanese painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	31 October 1760	10 May 1849
Location of birth/death	Edo, today Tokyo	Edo, today Tokyo
Work period	1775 –1849
Work location	Edo, today Tokyo, Nagoya,Uraga
Authority file	: Q5586 VIAF: 69033717 ISNI: 0000000121381517 ULAN: 500060426 LCCN: n80043599 NLA: 36189466 WorldCat

Title

Japanese:

『神奈川沖浪裏』

- Kanagawa oki nami ura

; The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Series title

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Object type

woodblock print

Genre

ukiyo-e

Description

English: The Great Wave at Kanagawa. Designed by Hokusai

日本語: 神奈川沖浪裏、日本の画家葛飾北斎、東洋文化における芸術の一例。

Date

First publication: between 1826 and 1833.
This edition: Reprint by Adachi from the Shōwa period (between 1926 and 1989).

Medium

color woodcut print

Dimensions

height: 26 cm (10.2 in)

; width: 38 cm (14.9 in)

Collection

Library of Congress

	Native name	Library of Congress
	Location	Washington, D.C. , United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 19″ N, 77° 00′ 17″ W
	Established	24 April 1800
	Website	loc.gov
	Authority file	: Q131454 VIAF: 151962300 ISNI: 000000012186288X ULAN: 500312782 LCCN: n78089035 NLA: 35304669 WorldCat

Accession number

1925.3245 (Art Institute of Chicago)
13695 (Honolulu Museum of Art)
RP-P-1956-733 (Rijksmuseum)
CVR.JP-P0075 (Centre Céramique)

Place of creation

Japan

Inscriptions

Title top left: 「冨嶽三十六景神奈川沖浪裏」 [Fugaku Sanjūrokkei - Kanagawa oki nami ura, "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji - The Great Wave off Kanagawa"]

Signature top left:

「北斎改爲一筆」 [Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu, "by Iitsu, formerly known as Hokusai"]

References

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Source/Photographer

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part of the series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

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English: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Other languages:

Català: La gran ona de Kanagawa (c. 1830), una estampa ukiyo-e de Katsushika Hokusai

Čeština: Kacušika Hokusai: Velká vlna u pobřeží Kanagawy

Cymraeg: Y Don Fawr oddi ar Kanagawa gan Katsushika Hokusai.

Dansk: Den store bølge ud for Kanagawa, det første træsnit i serien 36 landskaber med Fuji af den japanske kunstner Katsushika Hokusai.

Deutsch: Die große Welle vor Kanagawa

English: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Español: La gran ola de Kanagawa, famosa estampa japonesa del pintor japonés Hokusai.

Esperanto: "La granda ondo ĉe Kanagaŭa", ukijo-e-pentraĵo de Kacuŝika Hokusai

Français : Estampe japonaise en couleurs intitulée « 神奈川沖浪裏 » (Kanagawa oki nami ura, « Sous la vague au large de Kanagawa »).

Italiano: "La Grande Onda", una xilografia, in stile ukiyo-e, del pittore giapponese Hokusai (1760-1849). Questa stampa è la prima e la più celebre tra quelle che compongono la serie intitolata "36 vedute del Monte Fuji"

Magyar: Hokuszai híres fametszete, A nagy hullám Kanagavánál

Nederlands: De grote golf van Kanagawa, het eerste houtsnijdrukwerk van de Zesendertig gezichten op de berg Fuji van de Japanse kunstenaar Katsushika Hokusai.

Português: A Grande Onda de Kanagawa, famosa xilogravura criada pelo pintor japonês Katsushika Hokusai

Svenska: "Under vågen utanför Kanagawa"

Македонски: Големиот бран кај Канагава

Русский: Кацусика Хокусай. Большая волна в Канагаве.

Українська: Велика хвиля біля Канагави — гравюра на дереві японського художника Кацусіки Хокусая. Вперше опублікована 1832 року.

বাংলা : দ্য গ্রেট ওয়েভ অফ কানাগাওয়া

한국어: 《후가쿠 36경: 가나가와의 거대한 파도(富嶽三十六景神奈川沖浪裏)》, 가쓰시카 호쿠사이 작.

日本語：葛飾北斎作『富嶽三十六景神奈川沖浪裏』

中文：葛饰北斋作品《神奈川沖浪裏》（神奈川海边的大浪）

中文（繁體）：葛飾北齋作品《富嶽三十六景神奈川沖浪裏》

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File:Great Wave off Kanagawa2.jpg

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The Great Wave off Kanagawa

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The Great Wave off Kanagawa

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Katsushika Hokusai

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meisho-e

ukiyo-e

nishiki-e

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woodcut print

part of the series

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

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The Great Wave off Kanagawa

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Sinar 54H

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