The Moon over the Ruined Castle - Japanese Folk Music. Traditional Japanese. Música de Japón. The Great Wave off Kanagawa. 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 an ukiyo-e print by Japanese artist Hokusai, published sometime between 1830 and 1833[1] in the late Edo period as the first print in Hokusai's series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景, Fugaku sanjūrokkei?). It is Hokusai's most famous work, and one of the best recognized works of Japanese art in the world.
It depicts an enormous wave threatening boats off the coast of the prefecture of Kanagawa. While sometimes assumed to be a tsunami, the wave is, as the picture's title notes, more likely to be a large okinami ("wave of the open sea"). As in all the prints in the series, it depicts the area around Mount Fuji under particular conditions, and the mountain itself appears in the background. Context[edit] Ukiyo-e art[edit] Ukiyo-e (浮世絵? Technique[edit] Plate used to produce ukiyo-e prints. Hokusai[edit] Hokusai, self-portrait from 1839. Image[edit] Hokusai. Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎? , listen , October 31, 1760 (exact date questionable) – May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period.[1] He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting.[2] Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景, Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei?
, c. 1831) which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s. Hokusai created the "Thirty-Six Views" both as a response to a domestic travel boom and as part of a personal obsession with Mount Fuji.[3] It was this series, specifically The Great Wave print and Fuji in Clear Weather, that secured Hokusai’s fame both in Japan and overseas. Early life and artistic training[edit] Hokusai was known by at least thirty names during his lifetime. Works[edit] Hokusai landscape with two falconers Height of career[edit] Later life[edit] Shunga[edit]
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