Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
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Details
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Date
- ca. 1830–32
- Dimensions
- 10 x 15 in. (25.4 x 38.1 cm)
- Origin
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art lists mountains and waves among the subjects, and the image clearly presents Mount Fuji within an expansive seascape.
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Nautical Both · 98%
Three narrow boats with visible occupants are shown navigating the sea; the museum metadata identifies boats as a subject.
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Text Visual · 97%
Vertical Japanese inscriptions and a bordered cartouche are visibly present in the upper-left area of the print.
Visual Qualities
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Curvilinear Forms Visual · 99%
The composition is dominated by sweeping arcs, curling wave crests, hooked foam shapes, and rounded bands of water.
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Dynamism Visual · 98%
The rising wave, diagonal boats, directional bands of water, and sharply contrasting scales produce a strong sense of motion.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 95%
Fine contour lines, repeated foam details, patterned water surfaces, and carefully delineated boats make the image visually detailed.
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Patterns Visual · 94%
Repeated hooked foam motifs and recurring wave contours form a conspicuous decorative pattern across the sea.
Medium and Techniques
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Woodcut and Linocut Metadata · 99%
The museum identifies the object as a woodblock print made with ink and color on paper.
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Prints Metadata · 99%
The catalog classification includes Prints.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The work is dated circa 1830–32, placing it in nineteenth-century art.
Geographic Regions
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Japanese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog gives Japan as the place of origin.
Source & rights
Katsushika Hokusai. Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 3,867 × 2,644 · Metropolitan Museum Of Art · Available