Whaling off the Coast of the Goto Islands (Goto kujira tsuki), from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)" by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎
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Whaling off the Coast of the Goto Islands (Goto kujira tsuki), from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 · c. 1831–33

Museum record 100626: Whaling off the Coast of the Goto Islands (Goto kujira tsuki), from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)" by…

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A color woodblock print of a view looking down over a cliff side village toward a large thrashing whale surrounded by multiple boats with green flags. MyArtTaste includes museum record 100626 as a recognizable discovery anchor, using the institution's official open-data metadata and image for this specific work.

Source institution: Art Institute of Chicago
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