Boats in a Tempest in the Trough of the Waves off the Coast of Choshi / Katsushika Hokusai
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- Accession Number
- 1948/1.153
- Title
- Boats in a Tempest in the Trough of the Waves off the Coast of Choshi
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1760 - 1849
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1817-1859
- Object Creation Place
- Asia
- Japan
- Creation Place 1
- Asia
- Creation Place 2
- Japan
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Style/Group/Movement
- ukiyo e
- Inscription
- Signed: Zen Hokusai I-itsu fude; Publisher's Seal: Mori-ji (Jihei); "Kiwame" Seal (Perfect).
- Dimensions
- 18.7 cm x 25.7 cm (7 3/8 in. x 10 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- seascape
- Physical Description
- The print depicts two boats that are caught in storms, one in the foreground and one in the background. The parallel waves form a strong diagonal in the image and the boats could hardly stay upright.
- Subject Matter
- Seascape of boats in the storms.
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- design elements
- equipment
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- natural events
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- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- tools and equipment
- transportation vehicles
- vehicle equipment
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- watercraft
- watercraft by general type
- watercraft equipment
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 821 x 603
- File Size
- 105 KB
- Record
- 1948/1.153
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"Boats in a Tempest in the Trough of the Waves off the Coast of Choshi; Katsushika Hokusai." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.153/1948_1.153.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 18, 2024.