The Great Wave Off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura) | Katsushika Hokusai
Posted by Akira.Hirose onThe Great Wave Off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura). This is one of Katsushika Hokusai's most famous works and is one of the most dynamic paintings of the waves that he painted over the years.
Katsushika Hokusai was an ukiyoe artist of the late Edo period. He is one of the most famous painters in the world.
In his life time he produced over 30,000 works depicting all things in the forest. This painting is one of a collection of Fuji prints by Katsushika Hokusai called Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
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