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Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1830–1832

Hokusai suspends a cresting wave above three narrow boats while Mount Fuji appears small and still in the distance.

Medium: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 25.7 × 37.9 cm
Gallery: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

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Japanese Ukiyo-e

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.