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Description	Deutsch: Foto einer neu geschnittenen Kopie von „Unter der Welle im Meer vor Kanagawa“ (神奈川沖波裏), bekannt als „Die große Welle“, aus den Farbholzschnitten der 36 Ansichten des Berges Fuji. Obwohl es häufig in der Literatur mit Bezug auf Tsunamis (津波) verwendet wird, war dies nicht zwangsläufig der Grundgedanke von Hokusai. In Wirklichkeit werden die Wellen als Okinami (沖波), brandende Wellen auf offenem Meer, bezeichnet. English: Modern recut copy of "Behind the Great Wave at Kanagawa" (神奈川沖波裏), from 36 Views of Mount Fuji, Color woodcut. Although it is often used in tsunami literature, there is no reason to suspect that Hokusai intended it to be interpreted in that way. The waves in this work are sometimes mistakenly referred to as tsunami (津波), but they are more accurately called okinami (沖波), great off-shore waves.
Source	photo of the artwork
Date	ca. 1930 (original was created between 1823-1829)
Author	Unknown Japanese copyists after Katsushika Hokusai
Permission (Reusing this image)	Copyright expired as Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) died more than 70 years ago.
Other versions	Image:Tsunami by hokusai 19th century.jpg (photo of the original that was the basis for this reproduction, but lower resolution and different coloring)

Facsimile of a woodblock made ca. 1930 exactly the same way as they were made by artisans ca. 1830. The skill and the care are the same. There is a drawing or a copy of it coming from the artist. Then the woodcutter and the printer take over. Their skill varies. Hokusai once wrote to one of his editors that he was not happy with one of the woodcutters. In the case of the new cuts of the 36 views of the Fuji, only experts can distinguish the many versions - mainly by differences of the frame around the script

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Name	Hokusai, Katsushika（葛飾北斎)
Date of birth/death	1760	1849
Location of birth/death	Deutsch: Warigesui, Honjo (Vorort von Edo/Tokio) English: Edo (Tokyo) 日本語: 江戸本所割下水（東京都墨田区）	Deutsch: Edo (Tokio) English: Edo (Tokyo) 日本語: 江戸浅草（東京）
Work location	Deutsch: Edo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Uraga (Provinz Sagami) English: Edo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Uraga 日本語: 江戸、名古屋、大阪、京都、浦賀（相模国）

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current	00:42, 29 August 2007	4,335×2,990 (2.56 MB)	Aude	({{Information\| \|Description = "Behind the Great Wave at Kanagawa" (神奈川沖波裏), from ''36 Views of Mount Fuji'', Color woodcut, 10 x 15 in; [[w:Metropolitan Museum of Art\|Metropolitan Museum of )