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