Under the Wave off Kanagawa, from 36 views of Mount Fuji
Fine Arts The Japanese Prints: Ancient and Modern
Item Info
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
"Over a period of more than seventy years, Hokusai created several thousand highly original prints, paintings, sketches and book illustrations. He worked for over thirty different publishers--most importantly Iseya Rihei, Moriya Jihei, and Nishimuraya Yohachi. ... Equally popular were his pictures of Mount Fuji, especially the series'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' (Fugaku sanjurokkei) published from c.1829-33, and the book 'One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji' (Fugaku hyakkei) published from 1834-35. Widely known is his picture of Mount Fuji Behind the Wave off Kanagawa (Kangawaw oki, nami ura), commonly referred to as 'The Great Wave', from the series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji'."
from "Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900", Andreas Marks. Tuttle Publishing. p.90
Notes:
original reproduction (undated) of Hokusai "Under the Wave Off Kanagawa" from 36 vies of Mount Fuji
Bibliography:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2008-3008-1-JA
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/projects/late-hokusai-thought-technique-society
Image Dimensions Width: 24.5 cm
Creator Name: Hokusai, Katsushika, 1760-1849 - Artist