print; reproduction

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Object Type: print; reproduction
Museum number: 2009,3003.2
Title: Object: Kanagawa-oki nami-ura 神奈川沖浪裏 (Under the Wave off Kanagawa); Series: Fugaku sanjurokkei 冨嶽三十六景 (Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji)
Description: Colour woodblock oban print, facsimile reproduction. 'The Great Wave'; fishermen cowering in three skiffs, with towering wave about to crash down on them, Mt Fuji seen low in hollow of wave. Inscribed.
Producer name: After: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎; Published by: Adachi Hanga Kenkyujo (アダチ版画研究所)
Cultures/periods: Heisei Era
Production date: 2008
Production place: Printed in: Tokyo-to
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 26.60 centimetres; Width: 38.90 centimetres
Curator's comments: Compare impressions 1906.12-20.0533; 1937.7-10.0147; 2008,3008.1; and 2009,3003.1 (printed from different blocks)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: boat/ship; seascape
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Fuji-san (Mount Fuji); Associated with: Kanagawa-ku
Acquisition name: Donated by: Adachi Hanga Kenkyujo (アダチ版画研究所)
Acquisition date: 2009
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2009,3003.2

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