'Under the Wave off Kanagawa') [a] is a woodblock print by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history. The print depicts three boats moving through a storm-tossed sea, with a large, cresting wave forming a spiral in the centre and Mount Fuji visible in the background. The Great Wave is a visually dynamic print with fully saturated blues and extraordinary contrast. Spectroscopic analysis shows that to achieve this, the printers did not simply substitute the exotic Prussian blue for the traditional (and duller) indigo.
Hokusai and his famous series ThirtySix Views of Mount Fuji
This is the famous wave painting by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, titled The Great Wave off Kanagawa in English. The painting is also dubbed as just The Great Wave. The energetic and imposing picture The Great Wave (Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura) is the best-known work by Japanese artist Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849), one of the greatest Japanese woodblock printmakers, painters and book illustrators. Katsushika Hokusai, 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 ), c. 1830-32, polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 1/8 x 14 15 /16 inches; 25.7 x 37.9 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) Katsushika Hokusai Title 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)" Place Japan (Object made in) Date 1826-1836 Medium Color woodblock print; oban Inscriptions Signature: Hokusai aratame Iitsu fude Publisher: Nishimura-ya Yohachi Dimensions
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Katsushika Hokusai was in his 70s by the time he created his best-known image, the majestic The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Often known simply as The Great Wave, the popular print not only. The Great Wave off Kanagawa (神奈川沖浪裏, Kanagawa-oki nami ura, "Under a wave off Kanagawa"), also known as The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai.It was published sometime between 1829 and 1833 in the late Edo period as the first print in Hokusai's series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. By Emma Taggart on January 17, 2018 "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai via Wikimedia Commons While most people instantly recognize The Great Wave off Kanagawa, some may not know anything about its eccentric creator, Katsushika Hokusai. Hokusai manages, through the clever and dramatic manipulation of space, to dwarf Japan's snow-capped Mt. Fuji with the enormous wave, which is about to crash down in the foreground. Details Title: The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa
Katsushika Hokusai The Great Wave off Kanagawa Canvas Art Print Poster
Known for his ingenuity in creating striking designs through the clever use of perspective, Hokusai here shows Japan's tallest peak, Mount Fuji, as a small triangle in the distance, seen beneath a cresting wave—a symbol of nature's power. Seeing Triple: The Great Wave. by Hokusai. In 1830 at the age of 70, Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai began a series of woodblock prints. At the time, the Tokugawa government's increasing political and moral censorship led artists to focus their work on landscapes, rather than figures, and Hokusai chose to celebrate the ancient pilgrimage.
Hokusai cleverly played with perspective to make Japan's grandest mountain appear as a small triangular mound within the hollow of the cresting wave. The artist became famous for his landscapes created using a palette of indigo and imported Prussian blue. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Buy a print Custom framed to suit your space Katsushika Hokusai, "The Great Wave off Kanagawa". Traditional Japanese woodblock prints are gorgeous works of art that continue to inspire and amaze, even centuries after their creation. The process of creating a woodblock print was actually adopted from the Chinese. This process was extremely meticulous and time-consuming, require the artist.
Katsushika Hokusai "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" ( 18301833). Yizzam
Katsushika Hokusai, 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), c. 1830-32, polychrome woodblock print, ink and color on paper, 25.7 x 37.9 cm ( The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) 1849. Katsushika Hokusai's woodblock print The Great Wave is one of the most famous and recognizable works of art in the world. This work is from Hokusai's much-celebrated series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjûrokkei), a tour-de-force that established the popularity of landscape prints, which continues to this day.
