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Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)

Katsushika Hokusai

Adds an actual visual study object with an institutionally maintained record, rather than a decorative illustration.

A question to carry into the reading

How does composition change a viewer's perception of scale, vulnerability and stability?

Compare the wave, boats and Mount Fuji; then consult the object's medium, date and provenance.

Reading and source

This is one museum impression and digital reproduction. Aesthetic interpretation is curator-owned, and the print is not a direct oceanographic measurement.

A large curling wave towers over three narrow boats; Mount Fuji appears small in the distance.
Katsushika Hokusai. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929, JP1847. Public-domain image under CC0.

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Edition, source and reuse

Edition: Metropolitan Museum of Art object 45434, accession JP1847, ca. 1830–32; image DP130155

Rights: Met-designated public-domain image and basic object data under CC0. Editorial essays, audio and other images are outside this acquisition.

Rights/source reference 1

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave) — Katsushika Hokusai. Metropolitan Museum of Art object 45434, accession JP1847, ca. 1830–32; image DP130155. Source: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45434. Selected source bytes unchanged; HCR description and reading question are separate.

Review scope: Official object page, API public-domain flag, credit line and downloaded image visually inspected.