Katsushika Hokusai
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
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Japanese art
Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred…
Katsushika Hokusai, 1835
Hokusai reads a classical poem through the eyes of a confused nurse, and the picture gently misses the point. Fishermen haul a net while autumn smoke drifts by.
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About this artwork
This colour woodblock print comes from Hokusai's series on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets, made in 1835–36 in Edo-period Japan. He designed the series as though seen by a nurse who tries to illustrate classical poetry but misses its subtle allusions, which would have struck viewers as a comic mismatch. The poem is by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro and speaks of a long, lonely autumn night, an emotionally weary one. The nurse imagines something else: the physical labour of fishermen dragging a net upstream. Smoke billows across the scene and leads the eye to a figure in a distant house, perhaps the nurse herself.
On your wall: Its fishing scene and drifting smoke suit a calm study, hallway or living room, particularly where Japanese art or a quiet, story-rich picture is wanted.
- Title
- Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred…
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Year
- 1835
- Style
- Japanese art
- Shape
- Landscape
Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).
About Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese painter and printmaker who worked in the ukiyo-e tradition during the Edo period. He helped widen the style beyond portraits of courtesans and actors to include landscapes, plants and animals. His series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which includes The Great Wave off Kanagawa, influenced Van Gogh and Monet.
Based on Wikipedia.
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
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