Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese, 1760-1849
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjûrokkei)", c. 1830 – 1831
Color woodblock print; oban
25.4 x 37.6 cm (10 x 14 3/4 in.)
Signature: Hokusai aratame Iitsu fude.
Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1925.3245
Asian and Ancient Art
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Ownership History
Purchased by Clarence Buckingham in 1905 from Yamanaka and Co. Given to the Art Institute by Kate S. Buckingham.