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Title Japanese: 『神奈川沖浪裏』 - Kanagawa oki nami ura
The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Literally: "Under a Wave off Kanagawa")
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Part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, no. 21. Commons logo optimized.svg
Date First publication: between 1826 and 1833.
This edition: later.
Medium colour woodblock print
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Title top left: 「冨嶽三十六景 神奈川沖浪裏」 [Fugaku Sanjūrokkei - Kanagawa oki nami ura, "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji - The Great Wave off Kanagawa"]

Signature top left: 「北斎改爲一筆」 [Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu, "by Iitsu, formerly known as Hokusai"]
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Camera manufacturer Sinar
Camera model 54H
Author Library of Congress
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 600 dpi
Vertical resolution 600 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
File change date and time 11:40, 26 December 2008
Colour space Uncalibrated
Image height 8,261 px
Image width 5,653 px
Date and time of digitizing 03:40, 26 December 2008
Date metadata was last modified 03:40, 26 December 2008
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