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Katsushika Hokusai: The Great Wave off Kanagawa  wikidata:Q28913656 reasonator:Q28913656
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai  (1760–1849)  wikidata:Q5586 q:en:Hokusai
 
Katsushika Hokusai
Alternative names
Birth name: Tokitarō (時太郎)
Description Japanese painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 31 October 1760 Edit this at Wikidata 10 May 1849 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Edo, today Tokyo Edo, today Tokyo
Work period 1808 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q5586
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Title
English: Under the Wave, off Kanagawa
Part of The Great Wave off Kanagawa Edit this at Wikidata
Series title The Great Wave off Kanagawa Edit this at Wikidata
Object type individual copy of a print / woodblock print Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Fishermen in their skiffs with a wave about to crash down on them, Mt Fuji in the background. From the series ‘Thirty-six Views of Mt Fuji’.
Date from 1823 until 1829
date QS:P571,+1823-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1823-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1829-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium wood engraving print on paper
Dimensions height: 24.6 cm (9.6 in); width: 36.8 cm (14.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,24.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,36.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Department of Asia
Accession number
1906,1220,0.533 (B127)
Credit line 1906: purchased from Arthur Morrison
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Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)
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