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The Great Wave off Kanagawa

woodblock print by Hokusai
VisualArtwork woodblock_print Q252485
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print[1]. It draws 33,732 Wikipedia views per month (woodblock print category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Katsushika Hokusai[3]
  • Genre: ukiyo-e[4], meisho-e[5], nishiki-e[6]
  • Part of the series: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji[7]
  • Depicts: Mount Fuji[8], Tokyo Bay[9], Oshiokuribune[10], rogue wave[11], Q66686028[12]
  • Made from material: paper[13], Prussian blue[14]
  • Collection: Tokyo National Museum[15], Rijksmuseum[16], Honolulu Museum of Art[17], Centre Céramique[18], Metropolitan Museum of Art[19], British Museum[20], Tokyo Fuji Art Museum[21], National Gallery of Victoria[22], Museum of Art and Crafts Hamburg[23], Art Institute of Chicago[24], Los Angeles County Museum of Art[25], Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery[26], MAK – Museum of Applied Arts[27]
  • Inventory number: 13695[28], CVR.JP-P0075[29], bite[30], 1925.3245[31]
  • Commons category: The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai[32]
  • Has part(s): The Great Wave off Kanagawa[33], The Great Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa[34]
  • Inception: 1830[35]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai[36]
  • Commons gallery: 神奈川沖浪裏[37]
  • Described at URL: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsnr.2007.0039[38], https://honolulumuseum.org/stories/2020/11/asian-art-2/japonisme-and-the-international-wake-of-hokusais-great-wave/[39], https://blog.britishmuseum.org/the-great-wave-spot-the-difference/[40], https://www.artic.edu/artworks/24645[41], https://www.solisprints.co.uk/pages/artwork-katsushika-hokusai-the-great-wave-off-the-coast-of-kanagawa[42]
  • Location of creation: Japan[43]
  • Title: 神奈川沖浪裏[44], The Great Wave off Kanagawa[45]
  • Name in kana: かながわおきなみうら[46]
  • Height: 26 cm[47]
  • Width: 38 cm[48]
  • Time period: Edo period[49]
  • Copyright status: public domain[50]
  • Location of the point of view: Q66686028[51]

Why It Matters

The Great Wave off Kanagawa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

It has been cited as an influence by La mer[54], a musical work/composition[55] and Drowning Girl[56], a painting[57], in United States[58], founded in 1963[59].

FAQs

Who did The Great Wave off Kanagawa influence?

The Great Wave off Kanagawa has been cited as an influence by La mer[54] and Drowning Girl[56].

Related Entities

British Museum Japan Katsushika Hokusai Los Angeles County Museum of Art MAK – Museum of Applied Arts Metropolitan Museum of Art National Gallery of Victoria public domain Rijksmuseum

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  4. [3] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . honolulumuseum.org. honolulumuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . What kind of a wave is Hokusai's Great wave off Kanagawa?. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . What kind of a wave is Hokusai's Great wave off Kanagawa?. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . British Museum Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . fujibi.or.jp. fujibi.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . Art Institute of Chicago. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . blog.britishmuseum.org. blog.britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . sammlung.mak.at. sammlung.mak.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . ARTIC. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . artic.edu. artic.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . ARTIC. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. metmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . ARTIC. wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . Q66718029. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Thenetrunner · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Collection → Tokyo National Museum, Rijksmuseum, Honolulu Museum of Art +10
    Made from material → paper, Prussian blue
    Copyright status → public domain
    Creator → Katsushika Hokusai
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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