The Great Wave / What shapes the language and direction of successful movements? My father used to tell a story about the book-buying behaviour of the nouveau riche from a certain region of the world.

And it's how the most famous of all Japanese images, Hokusai's 'Great Wave', is sometimes read. This best-selling woodblock print was made around 1830 by the great artist Hokusai, as one of his ...

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.