Kanagawa Collection

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (c. 1830-1833). This woodblock print is by the Japanese artist Hokusai

Under the wave off Kanagawa, c. 1831 (woodblock print)
XOS2909656 Under the wave off Kanagawa, c.1831 (woodblock print) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849); 25.4x37.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Japanese, out of copyright

The great wave off shore of Kanagawa. Print shows a huge wave bearing down on boats with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Date between 1826 and 1833, printed later

KATSUSHIKA: GREAT WAVE. Men in boats among large waves, off shore of Kanagawa, with Mount Fuji in the background. Color woodcut by Hokusai Katsushika, c1830

Drummer performing on a Japanese taiko drum at a festival in Kanagawa, Japan, Asia

Mount Fuji, 3776m, in Fuji Hakone National Park, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), ca. 1830-32

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

Taiko drumming group, Otako age giant kite flying festival, Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture, near Tokyo, Japan, Asia

A reclining bronze sculpture at Chokokunomori Sculpture Park, Fuji Hakone National Park, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

Hakone-jinja shrine standing proud and tall in Ashinoko Lake. Japan

A North American: Portrait of Perry, c1854. Matthew Perry (1794-1858) Commodore in US Navy responsible for opening of
528791 A North American: Portrait of Perry, c1854. Matthew Perry (1794-1858) Commodore in US Navy responsible for opening of Japan to the West - Convention of Kanagawa

Mt. Fuji and the Sea
Hideaki Watanabe

Tragedy In the Storm
Dikhotomy

Geography. Japan. Kanagawa (4th station). Woodcut by Hiroshige in: Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido (1833-1834)
3434288 Geography. Japan. Kanagawa (4th station). Woodcut by Hiroshige in: Fifty Three Stations of the Tokaido (1833-1834)

Kawasaki, Japan factories and Mt. Fuji

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan cityscape of Minato Mirai District

Yokohama, Japan cityscape and harbor

Kawasaki, Japan downtown city skyline at dusk in the Musashi-Kosugi area

Yokohama, Japan harbor and downtown skyline at dusk

Yokohama, Japan skyline at dusk towards the Minato Mirai district at dusk

Yokohama, Japan cityscape of Minato Mirai District

Kawasaki, Japan factories and Mt. Fuji at dusk

Kawasaki, Japan skyline on the Tamagawa River at night

Yokohama, Japan cityscape and harbor at dawn

Yokohama, Japan city skyline from the bay at twilight

Yokohama, Japan at Minato-mirai waterfront

Yokohama, Japan aerial view at Minato Mirai waterfront district

Yokohama, Japan cityscape at Minato-Mirai waterfront

fusion ghost
Adam Lawless

Japan - Tokiwacho-dori in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Two mothers carrying children on their back in Tokiwacho-dori in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Date: circa 1910s

Yokohama, Japan - Takinohashi bridge, Negishi. Date: circa 1910s

Yachiyo-bashi bridge at Miyanoshita Onsen, Hakone, Japan
Yachiyo-bashi bridge at Miyanoshita, an onsen (Natural hot springs) in the town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Owakidani, hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Owakidani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Owakidani active sulphur vents and hot springs, Japan
Owakidani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: 1929

Finite Collaboration
Dr. Akira TAKAUE

The stranger in Chinatown
Tomo

A Kamakura Temple, c. 1867 (b / w photo)
495546 A Kamakura Temple, c.1867 (b/w photo) by Beato, Felice (Felix) (1825-c.1908); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kamakura, a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)

After Under the Wave off Kanagawa from 36 views of Mount Fuji (woodcut)
2563149 After Under the Wave off Kanagawa from 36 views of Mount Fuji (woodcut) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849) (after)

Children on steps at Katase, Kanagawa, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

True View of the Pleasure Houses of Miyosaki at the New Port, Yokohama, Kanagawa
873940 True View of the Pleasure Houses of Miyosaki at the New Port, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 1860 (woodblock) by Sadahide, Utagawa (1807-73); 35.56 x77.79 cm; San Diego Museum of Art

The Great Wave off Kanagawa from from the series 36 Views of Mt
3057164 The Great Wave off Kanagawa from from the series 36 Views of Mt. Fuji ; 1831 (hand-coloured woodblock print) by Hokusai

Scenes in Japan, the Governor of Kanagawa and Suite going to a Fire (engraving)
1103171 Scenes in Japan, the Governor of Kanagawa and Suite going to a Fire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scenes in Japan)

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, c. 1830 (woodblock print)
3493136 The Great Wave off Kanagawa, c.1830 (woodblock print) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

No. 4 Kanagawa: View of the Embankment from The 53 Stations of the Tokaido, c. 1833 (woodcut)
2561275 No. 4 Kanagawa: View of the Embankment from The 53 Stations of the Tokaido, c.1833 (woodcut) by Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858)

Under the Wave off Kanagawa, 1831-34 (colour woodblock print)
878378 Under the Wave off Kanagawa, 1831-34 (colour woodblock print) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849); 45.7x56 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Kanagawa, Japan, c. 1860s (b / w photo)
495544 Kanagawa, Japan, c.1860s (b/w photo) by Beato, Felice (Felix) (1825-c.1908); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kanagawa is a prefecture located in the southern KantAc region of Japan.); British

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, from the series 36 Views of Mt
487668 The Great Wave off Kanagawa, from the series 36 Views of Mt.Fuji ( Fugaku sanjuokkei ) (colour woodblock print) by Hokusai

book dreams
Junya Chida

The governor of Kanagawa and his suite ride through the streets : people he happens to pass squat down and bow as he trots by. Date: 1864

Shichirigahama in Sagami Province (Soshu Shichirigahama), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), ca. 1830-32

Kawasaki, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road, early 20th century. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Kawasaki, from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road, early 20th century

The Great Statue of Amida Buddha at Kamakura, Known as the Daibutsu... 1887. Creator
The Great Statue of Amida Buddha at Kamakura, Known as the Daibutsu, from the Priests Garden, 1887

The Colossal Daibutsu in Cherry-Blossom Time - the Great Bronze Buddha of Kamakura, Japan, c1930s. From " Tour of the World". [Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa

Totsuka (Branch of Main Street), 1831-1834, (1936). Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Posting Station No 5 of the Tokaido Series - Totsuka (Branch of Main Street), 1831-1834, (1936). Totsuka-juku in 1830s, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Passerelle Sur La Riviere D Arakawa, (Footbridge over the Arakawa River), 1900
Passerelle Sur La Riviere D Arakawa Dans La Presqu ile De Sagami, (Footbridge over the Arakawa River near the Sagami peninsula), 1900. From " Autour du Monde - Fascicule II". [L

Honmoku, Village de Pecheurs Pres Yokohama, (Honmoku Fishing Village near Yokohama), 1900. From " Autour du Monde - Fascicule II". [L. Boulanger, Paris, 1900]

Colossal statue of Buddha, reverenced by the Japanese, in a sylvan Temple, Kamakura, Japan, c1900. The Daibutsu, a great bronze statue of Buddha, is 13.5 metres high and weighs 93 tons

The Great Daibutsu, Kamakura, Japan, 1895. Creator: W &s Ltd
The Great Daibutsu, Kamakura, Japan, 1895. People sitting on the 13th century monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amida Buddha, a famous icon of Japan, at Kotoku-in temple, Kamakura

A Priest of Buddha, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
A Priest of Buddha, 1910. At Hasedera Temple, Kamakura, Japan. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

A Lotus Pond, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
A Lotus Pond, 1910. At Kamakura. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Amida, The Buddha, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
Amida, The Buddha, 1910. 13th century monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amida Buddha, a famous icon of Japan, at Kotoku-in temple, Kamakura. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G

The Tree and the Wave, 1910. Creator: Herbert Ponting
The Tree and the Wave, 1910. On Sagami Bay, Kanagawa, Japan. From " In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910]

Kanagawa View Sea Teahouses Hill Dai No Chaya Kaijo Miharashi
Kanagawa: View over the Sea from the Teahouses on the Hill (Kanagawa, dai no chaya kaijo miharashi), no. 4 from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue)

Tokaido Road Kanagawa Kazumasa Ogawa Japanese
The Tokaido Road Through Kanagawa; Kazumasa Ogawa (Japanese, 1860 - 1929); 1897; Hand-colored Albumen silver print

Kanagawa Inland Sea Top Street 1797-1858 Ando Hiroshige
Kanagawa, Inland Sea: Top of the Street, 1797-1858. Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Color woodblock print; sheet: 34.6 x 22.3 cm (13 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

Japan - Great Buddha of Kamakura
Lantern slide of The Great Buddha of Kamakura. The Great Buddha of Kamakura is a monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amit?bha Buddha located at the K

Japan, Honshu Island, Kanagawa Prefecture, Fuji Hakone National Park, Chokokunomori Sculpture Park. Kaleidoscopic stained glass windows and spiral staircase of viewing platform

Old map of Yokohama, Japan, wood engraving, published in 1897
Old map of Yokohama, Japan. Wood engraving, published in 1897

Fishing boats at sunset across Tamagawa to Kawasaki, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. From The Underwood Travel Library - Japan, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1904]

Fishing boats coming home at sunset, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Fishing boats coming home at sunset, near Yokohama, Japan, 1904. Boats crossing the Tamagawa River to Kawasaki. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa, c1829-c1831. Artist: Hokusai
The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa, c1829-c1831. From the series 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Enoshima, Japan, Sagami Bay, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Enoshima, a small offshore island, about 4 km in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River, which flows into the Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1905

Ashinoko Lake, Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

The beach and island at Enoshima, Kanagawa, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Hakone Lake, Kanagawa, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Railway line, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan, 1870s. Date: 1870s

Monument of Soga at Oiso, Naka District, Kanagawa, Japan
Monument of Soga at Oiso, a town located in Naka District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The Soga clan was one of the most powerful clans of the Asuka period of the early Japanese state - the Yamato

Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu - Shinto Shrine, Kamakura, Japan
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu - the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1907

An old street in Hakone, Japan on a wet day
A view of an old street in Hakone, Japan - Hakone is in the Kanagawa Prefecture, in Ashigarashimo District, located on the eastern foot of Hakone Pass. Date: circa 1909

Zushi, Sagami Bay, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan - located at the head of Miura Peninsula. A popular beach resort. Date: circa 1910s

The sea coast at Hayama, Japan
The sea coast at Hayama - located in Miura District, Kanagawa Prefecture, on central Honshu, Japan, at the northern end of Miura Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean. Date: circa 1910s

Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu - the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1906

View toward Enoshima island, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Enoshima, a small offshore island, about 4 km in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River, which flows into the Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Date: circa 1906

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Kanagawa, a captivating prefecture in Japan, is renowned for its rich cultural heritage and breathtaking natural wonders. One of its most iconic images is "The Great Wave off Kanagawa, " a woodblock print created by Katsushika Hokusai in the early 19th century. This masterpiece depicts men bravely navigating their boats amidst colossal waves, with the majestic Mount Fuji standing tall in the background. Immersing oneself in Kanagawa's vibrant festivals is an unforgettable experience. At these lively events, like the one held at Chokokunomori Sculpture Park, you can witness talented drummers performing on Japanese taiko drums. Their rhythmic beats resonate through the air, creating an electrifying atmosphere that captivates all who attend. Exploring Yokohama, a city located within Kanagawa Prefecture, offers a glimpse into modernity intertwined with tradition. The bustling railway station serves as a gateway to this dynamic metropolis where old meets new seamlessly. Nature enthusiasts will find solace in Kanagawa's awe-inspiring landscapes. Mount Fuji stands majestically as if guarding this picturesque region while inviting adventurous souls to conquer its summit and marvel at panoramic views from above. Venturing further into Kamakura unveils another remarkable sight: The Great Buddha of Kamakura. This magnificent bronze statue dating back to 1252 exudes tranquility and spiritual significance—a testament to Japan's profound reverence for Buddhism. But it isn't just history and nature that define Kanagawa; it also celebrates its samurai legacy during events such as the Odawara Hojo Godai Festival held annually at Odawara Castle in May. Here, warriors clad in traditional armor reenact scenes from feudal times—honoring their ancestors' bravery and preserving their heritage for generations to come.