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Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) - details

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), by Katsushika Hokusai , Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 x 15″ ( 26 x 38 cm), from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This is one of the most famous art images in the world.

For some reason, I was particularly in the mood to enjoy this today.

For more of my comments about this print, see my post on Katsushika Hokusai from 2006, in which I suggest why I like to also look at this image upside down.

Link:

Under the Wave off Kanagawa, MetMuseum

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Katsushika Hokusai

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Comments

5 responses to “The Great Wave, Hokusai”

  1. It’s funny how familiar this image is, yet the detail still rewards a closer look — the tiny boats under those claw-like waves, and Mount Fuji sitting so calmly in the distance. I hadn’t thought of looking at it upside down before, but now I want to try that trick to see the composition fresh. A perfect choice for a day when you just want to enjoy something beautiful.

    1. Thanks, Arrow Games Go team. It’s also been suggested to look at it flopped left to right, in terms of the difference between Japanese and western direction of reading, and how we scan across an image in different directions as well.

  2. Bravo! I had the exact same thought.

    1. Thanks, Luke. Great minds think alike (grin).

  3. This hits different today

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