Beneath the Wave off Kanagawa

Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Katsushika Hokusai
published on 11 April 2017
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) produced a series of ukiyo-e woodblock prints known as the 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji' (Fugaku Sanjurokkei). One of the set, 'Beneath the Wave off Kanagawa', is perhaps the most famous of all Japanese artworks.

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