<Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> color woodblock </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 25.7 cm × 37.8 cm (10.1 in × 14.9 in) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Great Wave off Kanagawa (神奈川 沖 浪 裏, Kanagawa - oki nami ura, "Under a wave off Kanagawa"), also known as The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo - e artist Hokusai . It was published sometime between 1829 and 1833 in the late Edo period as the first print in Hokusai's series Thirty - six Views of Mount Fuji . It is Hokusai's most famous work, and one of the most recognizable works of Japanese art in the world . </P> <P> The image depicts an enormous wave threatening boats off the coast of the town of Kanagawa (the present - day city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture). While sometimes assumed to be a tsunami, the wave is more likely to be a large rogue wave . As in all the prints in the series, it depicts the area around Mount Fuji under particular conditions, and the mountain itself appears in the background . </P>

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