ID: 700008757 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008757	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (color woodcut; Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849); published by Nishi...; ca. 1830-1832; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; JP2972)

Note: The Museum has four impressions of this print; this one is JP2972.

Titles:

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (preferred,C,U,RP,English,U,U)

The Great Wave (C,U,PO,English,U,U)

Great Wave at Kanagawa (C,U,English-P,U,U)

In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa (C,U,English,U,U)

Kanagawa oki nami ura (C,U,Japanese (transliterated),U,U)

「富嶽三十六景　神奈川沖浪裏」 (C,U,Japanese,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

color woodcut (print) [300041412] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, relief prints, woodcuts (prints))

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Asian art

Creation Date: ca. 1830-1832

Creator Display:

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849); published by Nishimura Eijudo (Japanese, 19th century) [preferred,VP]

printmaker Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese printmaker, painter, 1760-1849) [500060426]

publishers Nishimura Eijudo (Japanese publishing house, 18th-19th centuries) [500312961]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Nihon [1000120] Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: JP2972

Credit Line: Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939

Display Materials: woodcut, polychrome ink and color on paper

	colored ink [300126356]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, ink, <ink by property>)

	color (pigment) [300264870]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	woodcut (process) [300053296]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, relief printing processes)

Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (25.1 x 37.8 cm)

Cultures:

Japanese (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Edo (Japanese period) [300106643] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Japanese (culture or style), Early Modern Japanese)

General Subject:

seascapes (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

	Fuji, Mount [1107685]
	.....(Honshu (island), Japan (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Kanagawa [1004811]
	.....(Yokohama (inhabited place), Kanagawa Prefecture (prefecture), Japan (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	wave (natural event) [300343616]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), natural events) (AAT)

	boat [300178749]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Transportation Vehicles (hierarchy name), vehicles (transportation), watercraft, <watercraft by general type>) (AAT)

	fishermen (people) [300025608]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in agriculture or natural resource occupations>) (AAT)

Outside Iconography:

	Code: 25H2311 Term: wave
	.....Source: Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-)

	Code: 25H23124 Term: tidal wave
	.....Source: Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-)

	Code: sh 85052253 Term: Fuji, Mount (Japan)
	.....Source: Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Related Works:

	printed from same plate/block .... Under the Wave off Kanagawa [700000091]
	..........color woodcut; Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849); published by Nishi...; ca. 1830-1832; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; JP1847

	printed from same plate/block .... Under the Wave off Kanagawa [700008759]
	..........color woodcut; Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849); published by Nishi...; ca. 1830-1832; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; JP10

	printed from same plate/block .... Under the Wave off Kanagawa [700008758]
	..........color woodcut; Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849); published by Nishi...; ca. 1830-1832; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; JP2569

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: First Series

.................... Great Wave off Kanagawa

Additional Notes:

Spanish ..... Esta estampa es la obra más conocida de Hokusai y la primera de su famosa serie Treinta y seis vistas del monte Fuji. Del molde utilizado se realizaron varias miles de copias, muchas de las cuales llegaron a manos de coleccionistas europeos.

Sources and Contributors:
Under the Wave off Kanagawa	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
The Great Wave	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Great Wave at Kanagawa	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Kanagawa oki nami ura	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
「富嶽三十六景　神奈川沖浪裏」	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 10 October 2010
Spanish	..... [VP]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)