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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Under the Great Wave, off Kanagawa (神奈川沖浪裏 Kanagawa oki nami ura), Edo Period

Maker

  • Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八
  • Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Title

Under the Great Wave, off Kanagawa (神奈川沖浪裏 Kanagawa oki nami ura)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban: 26 x 37.3 cm (10 1/4 x 14 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed: 北斎改為一筆 Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu

Seals: Three partial red seals verso, bottom right corner.

Identification

Edition

Early impression with black sky rising slightly above Mount Fuji; blue outlines; plain grey sky without tint to clouds.

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1195

Under the Great Wave, off Kanagawa (神奈川沖浪裏 Kanagawa oki nami ura)
from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (冨嶽三十六景 Fuji sanjūrokkei)

Teaching Notes / Artists' Ideas, Materials, and Process

Read Online

Pat Steir

Drawing Out of Line
Early impression with black sky rising slightly above Mount Fuji; blue outlines; plain grey sky without tint to clouds.

Signature: Signed: 北斎改為一筆 Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu

Seals: Three partial red seals verso, bottom right corner.

Place Made: Japan

Publications

K-12 Virtual Visit

Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Great Wave, off Kanagawa, ca.1829-1833
Read Online

Teaching Notes / Artists' Ideas, Materials, and Process

Read Online

Pat Steir

Drawing Out of Line

Exhibition History

Meisho

June 4 - August 29, 2004

Hokusai's Mount Fuji

April 15 - May 29, 1994

Hokusai's Mount Fuji

June 14 - August 17, 1991

Hokusai and His Followers

May 15 - September 27, 1987

In The Shadow of Fuji

June 21 - October 27, 1985
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Under the Great Wave, off Kanagawa (神奈川沖浪裏 Kanagawa oki nami ura) with the accession number of 20.1195. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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