Hokusai's Great Wave - Fair Oaks, California - Stained Glass Windows on Waymarking.com

"The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura, lit. "Under a Wave off Kanagawa") is a famous woodblock print by the Japanese artist Hokusai. It was published in 1832 (Edo Period) as the first in Hokusai's series 36 Views of Mount Fuji and is his most famous work. It depicts an enormous wave threatening boats near the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa. As in all the other prints in the series, Mount Fuji can be seen in the background. The wave is probably not intended to be a tsunami, but a normal ocean wave created by the wind. Like the other prints in the series, it depicts the area around Mount Fuji under particular conditions.
Copies of the print are in many Western collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the British Museum in London, and in Claude Monet's house in Giverny, France."
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Here, the Great Wave is interpreted, not literally copied, in opaque stained glass. (Mt Fuji is not depicted, nor are the fishing boats.) The window is in a tower over the gym of Sacramento Waldorf School, a private day school. The school is open - get permission from the office - during normal school days and summer school sessions. Telephone: (916) 961-3900

Type of building where window is located: Private Property Address: 3750 Bannister Road Fair Oaks, CA USA 95628 Days of Operation: Monday through Friday - by appointment Hours of Operation: From: 8:00 AM To: 4:00 PM Admission Charge: Not Listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   11/13/2012 sbcamper visited it