The Great Wave off Kanagawa
The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print made by Hokusai.[1]
The art work was printed somewhere between 1830 and 1833 which was during the Edo period. It is the first print in the series, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. It shows a giant wave threatening boats near the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa. It was made with the ukiyo-e printing technique.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Kleiner, Fred S. and Christin J. Mamiya, (2009). Gardner's Art Through the Ages: Non-Western Perspectives, p. 115.
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- Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA), "The Great Wave at Kanagawa"
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