The Great Wave off Kanagawa

c. 1830–32

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Free to download and reuse. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Date: c. 1830–32
Medium: Woodblock print
Collection: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Public-domain reproduction via Wikimedia Commons

About The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Hokusai's Under the Wave off Kanagawa, widely known as The Great Wave, is a woodblock print from Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. A cresting wave rises above narrow boats, while Mount Fuji appears small in the distance. Multiple impressions survive; this page identifies the source of the particular reproduction offered here.

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