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Fishing Boats at Choshi in Shimosa (Soshu Choshi) from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"

A color woodblock print of the ocean crashing into the rocky shoreline. In the foreground, a fishing boat with a man standing at the helm while the others row. In the distance is another boat.
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  • A color woodblock print of the ocean crashing into the rocky shoreline. In the foreground, a fishing boat with a man standing at the helm while the others row. In the distance is another boat.

Date:

c. 1833/34

Artist:

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎
Japanese, 1760-1849

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Title

Fishing Boats at Choshi in Shimosa (Soshu Choshi) from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1828–1838

Medium

Color woodblock print, chuban Chuban size

Dimensions

25.8 × 18.9 cm (10 3/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Reference Number

1983.583

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