# Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)

By [Katsushika Hokusai](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/katsushika-hokusai.md>), c. 1830–1832.

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

## Details

- Medium: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: 25.7 × 37.9 cm
- Collection: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/metropolitan-museum-of-art.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45434>)

- Categories: Print
- Styles: [Japanese Ukiyo-e](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/japanese-ukiyo-e.md>)

## Image

![A towering blue wave curls over three boats with snowcapped Mount Fuji in the distance.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/met-great-wave/full.jpg?v=ee47206d1366f754aea23facf0511d326c2b10c69d4e493599522693a6eda08a>)

## Sources & credits

- Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
- The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tsunami_by_hokusai_19th_century.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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