However, unlike the picture of Kim K crying, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, to give it its full name, was one of the first images to go viral. Angus Lockyer describes Katsushika Hokusai's Great Wave.

The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa', c1829-1831, from the series 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Source: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images HOKUSAI, directed by Hajime Hashimoto ...

For 20 years now, Swords' house in Camberwell, south London, has had a copy of Hokusai's Great Wave (or Under the Wave off Kanagawa, to give it its actual title) painted across its back.

24.5 x 36.3 cm. (9.6 x 14.3 in.) ...

Formally titled Kanagawa-oki nami-ura (Under the Great Wave off Kanagawa), the print comes from Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of ...

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.

25.7 x 37.5 cm. (10.1 x 14.8 in.) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 volcano might ...

Created as disposable art circa 1830 the woodblock print of The Great Wave by 70yearold Katsushika Hokusai has earned acclaim and a place of honor in the art world Scholars and critics discuss the ...