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File:Great Wave Hokusai BM 1906.1220.0.533 n01.jpg

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Katsushika Hokusai: The Great Wave off Kanagawa  wikidata:Q28913656 reasonator:Q28913656
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai  (1760–1849)  wikidata:Q5586 q:en:Hokusai
 
Katsushika Hokusai
Alternative names
Birth name: Tokitarō (時太郎)
Description Japanese painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 31 October 1760 Edit this at Wikidata 10 May 1849 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Edo, today Tokyo Edo, today Tokyo
Work period 1775 Edit this at Wikidata–1849 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Edo, today Tokyo, Nagoya,Uraga
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5586
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Title
Japanese:
『神奈川沖浪裏 Edit this at Wikidata』

The Great Wave off Kanagawa
title QS:P1476,ja:"神奈川沖浪裏 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lja,"神奈川沖浪裏 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"La gran ola de Kanagawa"
label QS:Lfr,"La Grande Vague de Kanagawa"
label QS:Lnl,"De grote golf van Kanagawa"
label QS:Lit,"La grande onda di Kanagawa"
label QS:Lde,"Die große Welle vor Kanagawa"
label QS:Laf,"Groot Golf van Kanagawa"
label QS:Len,"The Great Wave off Kanagawa"
label QS:Llv,"Lielais Kanagavas vilnis"
Part of The Great Wave off Kanagawa Edit this at Wikidata
Series title The Great Wave off Kanagawa Edit this at Wikidata
Object type individual copy of a print / woodblock print Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Seasick fishermen in three little rose skiffs with a wave about to crash down on them, Mt Fuji in the background.
Date 1831 Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 24.6 cm (9.6 in); width: 36.8 cm (14.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,24.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,36.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Department of Asia not on view
Accession number
1906,1220,0.533
Credit line 1906: purchased from Arthur Morrison
Inscriptions Inscribed and signed
References https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1906-1220-0-533
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)
Permission
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This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
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Other versions British Museum: online database: entry 3097579

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