The Great Wave
Famous Japanese print
The Great Wave refers to the iconic woodblock print by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, formally titled "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," created around 1831.
The image depicts a towering, cresting wave threatening boats near Mount Fuji.
It has become one of the most recognized works of art in the world, reproduced on everything from posters to phone cases.
The phrase sometimes describes any overwhelming force: A great wave of enthusiasm swept through the crowd.
- HokusaiJapanese ukiyo-e artist
- tsunamiSeismic sea surge
- ukiyo-eJapanese woodblock print tradition
- Japanese artCreative works from Japan
- woodblockCarved printing matrix
Japan · Kanagawa · surge · crest · foam · boats · fishermen · curl · power · natural forces · blue · indigo · fishing boats · ocean · swell · Japanese · print · iconic
- Famous PaintingsMona Lisa, Starry Night, The Birth of Venus, Guernica, American Gothic
- MasterpiecesMona Lisa, Last Supper, Starry Night, The Scream, David
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
The Great Wavecalm seas
Flat, waveless ocean
still water · dead calm · millpond · slack tide · doldrums
The Great WaveWhistler's Mother
Arrangement in grey, black
Mona Lisa · minimalist art · Starry Night · The Birth of Venus
great, greater, greatest, greatly, greatness, wave, waves, waved, waving