Object Number: Mb4452

Collection: Eastern Art

Object Name: woodblock print

Title: The Hollow of the Deep Sea Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki nami ura 神奈川沖浪裏)

Artist: Hokusai, Katsushika

Description: Also known as The Great Wave or the Hollow of the Deep-sea Wave off Kanagawa. Huge wave rise breaking into claws of foam and scattering drops of foam like snow, about to fall between 2 boats beneath, Fuji seen through the waves. Signed: Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu, Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō).

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