Artist

Katsushika Hokusai (1760~1849)

Japanese Woodblock Print  Name 

#21 - Kanagawa oki namiura (The Great Wave off Kanagawa) 神奈川沖波裏

From Series - Thirty six Views of Mount Fuji

Huge waves are splashing and about to break apart.

The small boat appears to be enduring the onslaught of the waves

and letting itself go with the current.

Hokusai looks as if he were on a similar boat depicting this scene,

lowering his gaze and gazing up at both the waves and Mt. Fuji,

creating a powerful sense of realism.

This is a representative painting of the three roles in the sozo series,

and is an extremely well-known painting,

but it should be noted that a similarly conceived work called

"Oshiokuri wa toutsusen no zu" was created

about 30 years before the publication of this painting.

This series of Hokusai’s “Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji” has been reproduced by

the Tokyo traditional Woodblock Print Association.

These traditional woodblock prints are produced by a contemporary dream team of many of the top skilled Japanese craftsmen, exactly as was the first edition at Edo-Tokyo Museum

Approx Image Size 

Height 25.00 cm  x Width 38.00 cm

(H 9.843 " x  W 14.961 ")

Condition  

The print is in perfect state.

It has never been rolled up or framed,

and has been kept in professional condition.

Color 

Please refer to our pictures for color.

The color of the actual woodblock prints may be slightly different from our online images because it is impossible to show the precise color of these fine art woodblock prints and the delicate texture of our long-lasting traditional craft-made Washi Paper.