Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)
Katsushika Hokusai · c. 1830–1832
Katsushika Hokusai: 1760–1849
Selected works
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Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist associated with Edo, now Tokyo, whose long career encompassed paintings, illustrated books and designs for woodblock prints. He trained in the Katsukawa studio under Shunshō before developing an independent practice and using several artistic names. His print designs range from people and urban activity to landscapes, plants and animals. The series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji includes Under the Wave off Kanagawa, commonly called The Great Wave. Artline's selection pairs views from that series with flower studies, making it possible to compare distant landscape, changing viewpoints and close observation of small natural subjects.
Influenced by
- Katsukawa Shunshōdocumented
Evidence
The British Museum’s biographical timeline identifies Hokusai’s training in the studio of Katsukawa Shunshō; no disputed entry year is asserted here.
- British Museuminfluences
The British Museum’s biographical timeline identifies Hokusai’s training in the studio of Katsukawa Shunshō; no disputed entry year is asserted here.
- British Museuminfluences
Later influence
Connections are still being researched.
Sources & research notes 9
- Japanese paintings — Met Open Access selected recordsauthority identity and dates
See the linked source for supporting information.
- British Museumbiography
Original concise biography based on this museum account, with observations about Artline’s selected works.
- Wikidata: checked painter identities and name variantscanonical identity and aliases
See the linked source for supporting information.
- British Museumgeography
Geographic affiliations reviewed against the museum biography; country labels are modern reference geography, not claims of historical citizenship.
- British Museumidentity
Artist identity reviewed against this museum biography.
- British Museummovements
Primary movement is an editorial classification within Artline’s existing taxonomy, informed by this account of the artist’s period and practice.
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidenceround2 creator authority
Museum creator: Katsushika Hokusai; source biography: 1760–1849; identity basis: documented_name_variant_and_biography; source facts preserved in research_artwork_enrichments.
- The British Museumtimeline dates
Starter authority link; record remains in review.
- British Museumtimeline dates
Life dates reviewed; approximate or uncertain dates remain qualified.