Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), or The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
A large blue wave with white foam cresting, curling over to the right. The wave fills the left side and lower part of the image. In the background, a mountain with a pointed snow-covered peak. A small boat is in the lower left. The sky fades from light brown at the top to dark gray in the center. The wave and background mountain are in shades of blue. White clouds in the sky. A vertical rectangle of Japanese writing in the upper left.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1830–32
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 600 × 410 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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