1916.685: 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)
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1916.685
- People
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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
Published by Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八
- Title
- 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)
- Other Titles
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Transliterated Title: Fugaku sanjūrokkei: Kanagawa oki nami ura
Original Language Title: 富嶽三十六景 神奈川沖浪裏
Alternate Title: The Great Wave - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1831
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/210190
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- Horizontal ōban: 24.6 x 36.7 cm (9 11/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
- Accession Year
- 1916
- Object Number
- 1916.685
- 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, 08/27/2022 - 12/30/2022
Verification Level
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