Lake Suwa in Shinano Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai

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Object Label

Very large metal or jade seals were used in the Joseon period to put the stamp of approval on state documents. The seals themselves became emblems of authority, displayed at meetings and handled with great care. This is the outer storage and carrying box for a seal of the State Council, or Uijeongbu, a board of the king’s highest-ranking advisors. Nesting inside would have been a lacquered wood box that held the actual seal. This is one of the objects that the Museum’s first curator of Ethnography, Stewart Culin, acquired during his groundbreaking expedition to Korea in 1913.

Caption

Katsushika Hokusai Japanese, 1760–1849. Lake Suwa in Shinano Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, ca. 1830–1831. Color woodblock print on paper, Image: 10 1/4 x 15 1/16 in. (26 x 38.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic B. Pratt, 42.79. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 42.79_PS4.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Lake Suwa in Shinano Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Date

ca. 1830–1831

Period

Edo period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Color woodblock print on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image: 10 1/4 x 15 1/16 in. (26 x 38.2 cm)

Signatures

Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (前北斎為一筆)

Markings

Censor's seal: kiwame (極). Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō).

Credit Line

Gift of Frederic B. Pratt

Accession Number

42.79

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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Frequent Art Questions

  • Who's the artist responsible for the Great Wave?

    Great question! It is Katsushika Hokusai, a real master of Japanese woodblock prints! "The Great Wave" was part of a series Hokusai created called "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji." Another print from that series is on view on the 1st floor in Infinite Blue!

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