Discovering Japanese Art

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Discovering Japanese Art

American Collectors and the Met

February 14–September 27, 2015

「富嶽三十六景　神奈川沖浪裏」 
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))

Period: Edo period (1615–1868)

Date: ca. 1830–32

Culture: Japan

Medium: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 14 15/16 in. (25.7 x 37.9 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number: JP1847