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Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. Great wave

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Personal name headingKatsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. Great wave
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Variant(s)Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. Beneath the wave off Kanagawa
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. Kanagawa oki nami-ura
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849. Wave
葛飾北斎, 1760-1849. 神奈川沖浪裏
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated
Found inHokusai's Great wave, 2011: t.p. (Great wave) p. 5, etc. (colour woodblock print created by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai about 1831; known iconically as 'The Great Wave'; one of a series called Thirty-Six Views of Mt Fuji; since at least the 1890s, in the West we have come to call this famous print simply 'The Wave' then 'The Great Wave'; in other languages 'La Vague', 'Die Welle')
British Museum website, May 25, 2012 (Under the wave, off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami-ura), also known as 'The Great Wave'; designed by artist Katsushika Hokusai in around 1831 and issued as a popular colour woodblock print)
Dict. of artists, 2006 (under Hokusai: Beneath the wave off Kanagawa)
Oxford art online, May 25, 2012 (under Katsushika Hokusai: Great Wave of Kanagawa; colour woodblock print)