Under the Wave off Kanagawa
神奈川沖浪裏
- Medium
- Woodblock reprint, mounted as a hanging scroll
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This work is also offered as part of a set of three scrolls.Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: The Three Great Views (Set of Three Scrolls)
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Accompanied by a certificate of appraisal issued by the Japan Art Academy.
About This Work
The best-known wave in the world
Sometimes called the most famous picture after Leonardo's Mona Lisa. Debussy put this wave on the cover of the first edition of his symphonic sketches La Mer.
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Hokusai is known for prints. He also painted directly with the brush — one sheet, one hand, no block between. The gallery currently holds twelve album leaves, five hanging-scroll works in six scrolls, three fan paintings — twenty paintings in all, one of them sold — and three Thirty-six Views reprinted and mounted as scrolls.
Supervised by Yoshihisa Endo, Representative Director, Japan Art Academy
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Supervised by Yoshihisa Endo, Representative Director, Japan Art Academy
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