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June 30
Breaking Waves
Katsushika Hokusai's Broken Wave, 1847 Edo Period This work depicts a massive wave crashing on a high rocky mountain peak. Hokusai created this with ink, color on silk.
Curator Frank Feltens discusses Hokusai's piece, Breaking Waves
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