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Written by: Umut KılıçResearcher · Asian Art
Asian Art · Catalogue no. 731
Katsushika Hokusai

Great Wave off Kanagawa

StatusReference work · Not for sale
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c.1831.Ukiyo-e master whose print became the icon of Japanese art.

Artist / MakerKatsushika Hokusai
About the Artist

1760–1849, JapanUkiyo-e master whose print became the icon of Japanese art. Full biography →

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