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the great wave off kanji island by horyu

Download free image of Modern recut copy of The Great Wave off Kanagawa (神奈川沖波裏), from 36 Views of Mount Fuji, Color woodcut. Although it is often used in tsunami literature, there is no reason to suspect that Hokusai intended it to be interpreted in that way. The waves in this work are sometimes mistakenly referred to as tsunami (津波), but they are more accurately called okinami (沖波), great off-shore waves. about person, ocean, sea, art, and vintage 7665935

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a drawing of a wave with mountains in the background

I have always been drawn to this wonderful image created in about 1830 by Hokusai as a woodcut. It was one of 36 views of Mt. Fuji that he published as a book. This woodblock was printed about 5000 times until the lines started to wear away and they couldn't create a good print anymore, that's how popular this art was and still is. Although the huge claw like wave is sometimes assumed to be a Tsunami, it is an okinami ("wave of the open sea"). Since I am doing an Ocean unit I decided to try…

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the great wave is depicted in this black and white drawing

Masterpiece Coloring Page for adults : Coloring page inspired by this very famous woodblock print by the Japanese Ukiyo-e artist Hokusai in 1829–1832.

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