Discover story behind the "36 Views of Mt. Fuji" woodprint series; "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Hokusai. It is not just a huge wave and Mt. Fuji, the boat caught in the wave have a reason.

Katsushika Hokusai’s Underneath the Wave off Kanagawa is a celebrity, one of a very few artworks known the world over, reproduced on everything from socks to surfboards, from book covers to beer ...

It also harkens to traditional Japanese woodblock prints, like the famous Hokusai piece The Great Wave off Kanagawa. That’s not the only change. This version also sees the tanto blade swapped for a ...

I n 1831, the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai immortalized a snow-covered Mount Fuji in the background of his famous woodblock print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.Although the image of the ...