Kanagawa
Yokohama's home prefecture
Kanagawa is a prefecture in Japan, located south of Tokyo along the Pacific coast.
It includes the major city of Yokohama, Japan's second-largest city, and the historic town of Kamakura.
The name is widely recognized from Hokusai's woodblock print "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," one of the most iconic images in Japanese art.
Japanese ukiyo-e artist
- Great WaveMassive ocean swell
- Mount FujiJapan's tallest summit
- woodblockCarved printing matrix
- ukiyo-eJapanese woodblock print tradition
printmaking · wave · landscape print · indigo · Prussian blue · foam · curl · boats
Tokugawa-era isolation policy
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- TokugawaRuling samurai dynasty, 1600s-1800s
- shogunateMilitary dictatorship in Japan
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
Hokusai
Japanese ukiyo-e artist
- Great WaveMassive ocean swell
- Mount FujiJapan's tallest summit
- woodblockCarved printing matrix
ukiyo-e · printmaking · wave · landscape print · indigo · Prussian blue · foam · curl · boats · fishermen
sakoku
Tokugawa-era isolation policy
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
- TokugawaRuling samurai dynasty, 1600s-1800s
- shogunateMilitary dictatorship in Japan
samurai · industrialization · silk trade · Westernization · Chinatown
beaches
Sandy coastal areas
fishing · seaside · Pacific · tidal · sailing · cliffs · lighthouse · waves
Zama
Ancient North African battleground