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Artist



Description	Japanese painter, printmaker and ukiyo-e artist
Date of birth/death	31 October 1760	10 May 1849
Location of birth/death	Edo	Edo
Work location	Edo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Uraga
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Japanese: 『神奈川沖浪裏』 - Kanagawa oki nami ura
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Literally: "Under a Wave off Kanagawa")

Description

Part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, no. 21.

Date

First publication: between 1826 and 1833.
This edition: later.

Medium

colour woodblock print

Current location

Library of Congress

	Native name	Library of Congress
	Location	Washington, D.C.
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 19.00″ N, 77° 0′ 17.00″ W
	Established	1800
	Website	www.loc.gov

Inscriptions

Title top left: 「冨嶽三十六景神奈川沖浪裏」 [Fugaku Sanjūrokkei - Kanagawa oki nami ura, "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji - The Great Wave off Kanagawa"]

Signature top left: 「北斎改爲一筆」 [Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu, "by Iitsu, formerly known as Hokusai"]

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English: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Català: La gran ona de Kanagawa (c. 1830), una estampa ukiyo-e de Katsushika Hokusai

Česky: Kacušika Hokusai: Velká vlna u pobřeží Kanagawy

Cymraeg: Y Don Fawr oddi ar Kanagawa gan Katsushika Hokusai.

Dansk: Den store bølge ud for Kanagawa, det første træsnit i serien 36 landskaber med Fuji af den japanske kunstner Katsushika Hokusai.

Deutsch: Die große Welle vor Kanagawa

English: The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Esperanto: "La granda ondo ĉe Kanagaŭa", ukijo-e-pentraĵo de Kacuŝika Hokusai

Español: La gran ola de Kanagawa, famosa estampa japonesa del pintor japonés Hokusai.

Français : Estampe japonaise en couleurs intitulée « 神奈川沖浪裏 » (Kanagawa oki nami ura, « Sous la vague au large de Kanagawa »).

Magyar: Hokuszai híres fametszete, A nagy hullám Kanagavánál

Italiano: "La Grande Onda", una xilografia, in stile ukiyo-e, del pittore giapponese Hokusai ( 1760- 1849). Questa stampa è la prima e la più celebre tra quelle che compongono la serie intitolata " 36 vedute del Monte Fuji"

日本語: 葛飾北斎作『富嶽三十六景神奈川沖浪裏』

한국어: 《후가쿠 36경: 가나가와의 거대한 파도(富嶽三十六景神奈川沖浪裏)》, 가쓰시카 호쿠사이 작.

Македонски: Големиот бран кај Канагава

Nederlands: De grote golf van Kanagawa, het eerste houtsnijdrukwerk van de Zesendertig gezichten op de berg Fuji van de Japanse kunstenaar Katsushika Hokusai.

Português: A Grande Onda de Kanagawa, famosa xilogravura criada pelo pintor japonês Katsushika Hokusai

Русский: Кацусика Хокусай. Большая волна в Канагаве.

Svenska: " Under vågen utanför Kanagawa"

Українська: Велика хвиля біля Канагави — гравюра на дереві японського художника Кацусіки Хокусая. Вперше опублікована 1832 року.

中文（简体）‎: 葛饰北斋作品《神奈川沖浪裏》（神奈川海边的大浪）

中文（繁體）‎: 葛飾北齋作品《富嶽三十六景神奈川沖浪裏》

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Camera manufacturer	Sinar
Camera model	54H
Author	Library of Congress
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	600 dpi
Vertical resolution	600 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
File change date and time	11:40, 26 December 2008
Colour space	Uncalibrated
Image height	8,261 px
Image width	5,653 px
Date and time of digitizing	03:40, 26 December 2008
Date metadata was last modified	03:40, 26 December 2008
IIM version	2

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