Artist field note

Katsushika Hokusai

The world is never still.

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Under the Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai
Art Institute of Chicago · Public domainSource ↗

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Under the Wave off Kanagawa

c. 1831

A towering wave suspends fishermen between beauty and annihilation while Fuji remains small and distant.

The five in one idea

Hokusai gave fleeting natural forces a graphic structure powerful enough to travel across cultures and centuries.