↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · early 1830s
South Wind, Clear Sky, from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image licence: CC0 · Web image resized for display. · Museum record & image source ↗
Japan · ca. 1830–32
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
- Date
- ca. 1830–32
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 10 1/8 x 14 15/16 in. (25.7 x 37.9 cm)
- Country / context
- Japan
- Movement / tradition
- Ukiyo-e · Source ↗
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Pathway
- Japanese art and printmaking ↗
ABOUT THIS WORK
The arching wave and distant Mount Fuji create a forceful contrast of scale. Printed contours and flat colour organise the breaking water. This is a separate museum impression of the famous design, with its own accession record.
Original educational overview · based on the linked museum recordA MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.Follow a connection.
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↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1833
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Utagawa Hiroshige
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1793
The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women
Kitagawa Utamaro
↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · c. 1830
A Low Tide Pentaptych
Utagawa Kuniyoshi