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' Under the Wave off Kanagawa ') [a] is a woodblock print by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history. The print depicts three boats moving through a storm-tossed sea, with a large, cresting wave forming a spiral in the centre over the boats and Mount Fuji visible in the background.
October 21 – The Battle of Qingshanli begins between the Imperial Japanese Army and Korean armed groups in a densely wooded region of eastern Manchuria called Qīngshānlǐ. [6] December 16 – Bank of Yokohama was founded, as predecessor name was Yokohama Kōshō Bank (横浜興商銀行) in Kanagawa Prefecture. [citation needed] date unknown
Ogata Gekkō (尾形月耕, 1859 – 1 October 1920) was a Japanese artist best known as a painter and a designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints.He was self-taught in art, and won numerous national and international prizes and was one of the earliest Japanese artists to win an international audience.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won the House of Councillors election. 2002: 31 May-30 June: 2002 FIFA World Cup are held in Japan and South Korea. 2003: 9 November: Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won the general elections at the second time. 9 December: Japan send troops to Iraq during the Iraq War (2003–11).
Shinsaku-hanga (新作版画, lit. "newly-made prints", "newly made, not ukiyo-e reproductions") and shin-hanga have often been conflated. Shinsaku-hanga was the forerunner to shin-hanga and similarly created by the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo.
1920s in Japanese sport (9 C, 1 P) T. 1920s in Taiwan (11 C, 4 P) ... 1920 in Japan; 1921 in Japan; 1922 in Japan; 1923 in Japan; 1924 in Japan; 1925 in Japan; 1927 ...
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The Japanese response was to plan the construction of eight additional fast battleships in the Kii and the Number 13 classes. [ 2 ] Designed by Captain Yuzuru Hiraga , [ 3 ] the Kii class was based largely on the preceding Amagi -class battlecruisers , which were in turn based on a less-armored Tosa -class design. [ 4 ]