Kyoto Cultural Museum
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Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Study)

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Study)

Katsushika Hokusai

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
Date
c. 1831
Medium
Polychrome woodblock print on paper
Dimensions
25.7 × 37.9 cm
Period
Edo period
Collection
Permanent

The signature image of Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. Fuji appears small beyond the cresting wave, holding nature's force and stillness within a single composition.