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Summary
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.
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bequest of mrs h o havemeyer
japanese prints in the metropolitan museum of art
katsushika hokusai
louisine havemeyer collection
the great wave off kanagawa by katsushika hokusai
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metropolitan museum of art
japan
Date
1800 - 1899
Location
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Copyright info
public domain