Object/Work
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Catalog Level: item
Type: color woodcut
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Classification
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Terms:
prints
and drawings
Asian
art
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Titles or Names
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Text: Great Wave at Kanagawa
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preferred
Type: repository
Text: In the Hollow of a Wave off
the Coast at Kanagawa
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Text: La Vague
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Language: French
Text:
Die große Welle
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Language: German
Text:
Kanagawa oki nami ura
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Language: Japanese
(transliterated)
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Creation
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Creator Description: Katsushika Hokusai
(Japanese, 1760-1849); published by Nishimura Eijudo
(Japanese, 19th century)
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Identity: Hokusai, Katsushika
Roles: printmaker
Identity: Nishimura Eijudo
Roles: publisher
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Creation Date:
ca. 1831/1833
Earliest:
1828 Latest:
1836
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Styles/Periods/ Groups/Movements
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Indexing Term: Edo (Japanese)
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description: 25.7 x 37.9
cm (10 1/8 x 14 15/16 inches)
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Value: 25.7 Unit: cm
Type: height
Value: 37.9 Unit: cm Type:
width
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Materials and Techniques
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Description: woodcut, polychrome ink
and color on paper
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Material Names:
polychrome
ink Role: medium
color
(pigment) Role: medium
paper
Role: support
Technique Name:
woodcut
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Inscriptions/Marks
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Description or Transcription: transliterated
signature: Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu
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Subject Matter
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Indexing terms:
seascape
wave
fishermen
boat
Mount
Fuji (Chubu, Japan)
Kanagawa
(Kanto, Japan)
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Descriptive Note
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Text: The large wave dominates the
scene, with the small mountain in the background.
It is said to have inspired said to have inspired
both Debussy's "La Mer" and Rilke's "Der
Berg."
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Citation: Metropolitan Museum of Art
online
Page: accessed 20 July 2005
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Related Works
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Broader Context: Katsushika Hokusai
(Japanese, 1760-1849); Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
(Fugaku sanjurokkei): First Series; 1827-1837
Relationship Number: 1st
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, United
States)
Repository Number:
JP1847
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Revised 20 July 2009