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Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type:  color woodcut  
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Classification Terms:
           prints and drawings
           Asian art
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Titles or Names Text: Great Wave at Kanagawa
    Preference: preferred
    Type: repository
Text: In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa
    Preference: alternate
Text: La Vague
    Preference: alternate
    Language: French
Text: Die große Welle
    Preference: alternate
    Language: German
Text: Kanagawa oki nami ura
    Preference: alternate
    Language: Japanese (transliterated)
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Creation Creator Description: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849); published by Nishimura Eijudo (Japanese, 19th century) Free text
  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 Indexing Term: Edo (Japanese) Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: 25.7 x 37.9 cm (10 1/8 x 14 15/16 inches) Free text
  Value: 25.7 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 37.9 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: woodcut, polychrome ink and color on paper Free text
  Material Names:
        polychrome ink Role: medium
        color (pigment) Role: medium
        paper Role: support
Technique Name:
        woodcut
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Inscriptions/Marks
Description or Transcription: transliterated signature: Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu Free text
Subject Matter Indexing terms:
        seascape
        wave
        fishermen
        boat
        Mount Fuji (Chubu, Japan)
        Kanagawa (Kanto, Japan)
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Descriptive Note 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." Free text
  Citation: Metropolitan Museum of Art online
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accessed 20 July 2005
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Related Works 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 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