The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura – Under the Wave off Kanagawa) or popularly known as The Great Wave is a woodblock print by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. Made in 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history, the print is one of the most known Japanese artworks in history. Several museums throughout the world preserve copies of this print. One of the prints is currently housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art,…
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Behind the Art: Is Katsushika Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ the most famous Japanese artwork?
