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In The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Mount Fuji is depicted in blue with white highlights in a similar way to the wave in the foreground. [21] The dark colour surrounding the mountain appears to indicate the painting is set in the early morning, with the sun rising from the viewer's vantage point and beginning to illuminate the snowy peak.
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa (神奈川沖浪裏, Kanagawa-oki nami-ura) print by Hokusai Metropolitan Museum of Art. Woodblock printing in Japan (木版画, mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e [1] artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same period.
[1] [2] Among the prints are three of Hokusai's most famous: The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Fine Wind, Clear Morning, and Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit. [1] The lesser-known Kajikazawa in Kai Province is also considered one of the series' best works. [3] The Thirty-six Views has been described as the artist's "indisputable colour-print ...
Title top left: 「冨嶽三十六景 神奈川沖浪裏」 [Fugaku Sanjūrokkei - Kanagawa oki nami ura, "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji - The Great Wave off Kanagawa"] Signature top left: 「北斎改爲一筆」 [Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu, "by Iitsu, formerly known as Hokusai"] References
Courtesan Asleep, a bijin-ga surimono print, c. late 18th to early 19th century Fireworks in the Cool of Evening at Ryogoku Bridge in Edo, print, c. 1788–89. Hokusai's date of birth is unclear, but is often stated as the 23rd day of the 9th month of the 10th year of the Hōreki era (in the old calendar, or 31 October 1760) to an artisan family, in the Katsushika district of Edo, the capital ...
This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of paintings (絵画, kaiga) for the Prefecture of Kanagawa. [ 1 ] National Cultural Properties
Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Japanese: 凱風快晴, Hepburn: Gaifū kaisei, literally South Wind, Clear Sky), also known as Red Fuji (赤富士, Akafuji), [1] is a woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai (1760–1849), part of his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series, dating from c. 1830 to 1832. [2]