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26 images of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa from museums around the world

26 images of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa from museums around the world One of the world’s most famous ukiyo-e works, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” from Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)‘s “Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji.” There are currently around 100 pieces of this work, with its striking Prussian blue color and rough waves, existing around […]

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How many pieces of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa still exist?

How many pieces of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa still exist? “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” from “Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji”, created by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) when he was in his 70s, is one of the most famous ukiyo-e prints. Approximately 100 copies of “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” remain in existence around the

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Hokusai’s works Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji will be put up for auction

All prints of Hokusai’s Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji will be auctioned next March Christie’s, a major London auction house, announced on September 29th that all 46 works in the series “Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji” by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), an ukiyo-e artist from the late Edo period, will be auctioned as a set next

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Difference of ukiyo-e and shinhanga

What is the difference between ukiyo-e and shinhanga? Ushibori, by Kawase Hasui Among Japanese art, “ukiyo-e”, which was very popular around the Edo period, is still very popular. The techniques of artists such as Kitagawa Utamaro (?-1806), Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), and Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858),  at the time had a great influence on Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

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Hokusai’s The Great Wave Lego Art

Hokusai’s The Great Wave Lego Art A LEGO® art piece of “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” from “Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji,” one of Katsushika Hokusai‘s masterpieces. LEGO Group’s designer Annemette Baaskjær Nielsen has paid homage to this world-famous masterpiece with 1,810 pieces of LEGO® art. Although it is partly a pixel art, it is

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Futamigaura by Kawase Hasui

Futamigaura, by Kawase Hasui Title: Fuamigaura Author: Kawase Hasui Year: 1933 Size: 23.9 cm x 36.2 cm Related artworks Works of Kawase Hasui “Full Moon at Kankai Pavillon, Wakanoura”, by Kawase Hasui “Winter Moon at Toyamagahara,” by Kawase Hasui “Night moon, sailboat, and sea”, by Kawase Hasui “Honmon-ji Temple in Ikegami”, by Kawase Hasui “Ioridani

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Where is the picture of the Great Wave off Kanagawa seen from?

Where is the picture of the Great Wave off Kanagawa seen from? “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” from Katsushika Hokusai‘s masterpiece “Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji” is featured on the back of the new 1,000-yen bill to be issued from 2024. It is one of the most famous works of ukiyo-e, but where is the

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“The Great Wave off Kanagawa” will be featured on the back of Japan’s new 1,000 yen bill to be issued from 2024

“The Great Wave off Kanagawa” will be featured on the back of Japan’s new 1,000 yen bill to be issued from 2024 By Ministry of Finance Japan The new design for the 1,000 yen bill that will be used from 2024 is the first to feature “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” from the “Thirty-Six Views

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What are the three ships depicted in the Great Wave?

What are the three ships depicted in the Great Wave? One of Katsushika Hokusai‘s most famous prints, “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa,” from “Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji,” depicts three ships being tossed about by large waves. This part of the work emphasizes the smallness of helpless people in the face of nature, but what

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