The wave painting hokusai biography

Under the wave off kanagawa

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Japanese: 神奈川沖浪裏, Hepburn: Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura, lit.

the wave painting hokusai biography

When was the great wave off kanagawa made

Hokusai (born October , Edo [now Tokyo], Japan—died May 10, , Edo) was a Japanese master artist and printmaker of the ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) .


The great wave painting

While most people will instantly recognize The Great Wave off Kanagawa, some might not know anything about it’s eccentric creator, Katsushika Hokusai.
Hokusai wave
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the best known print in the series (20th century reprint).