1949.146.24: Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1949.146.24

People

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)

Title

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Great Wave
Original Language Title: 富嶽三十六景　神奈川沖浪裏

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

20th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/203742

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

horizontal ōban: H. 25.8 x W. 38.2 cm (10 3/16 x 15 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu
• signature: artist's signature; printed: 北斎改為一筆 [Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Robert Gregg Stone

Accession Year

1949

Object Number

1949.146.24

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• HAA 1 Survey Course: Landmarks of World Art and Architecture [Spring 2007], Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/2007 - 04/08/2007
• A Colloquium in the Visual Arts , Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/02/2022

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