Katsushika Hokusai. The Great Wave off the Kanagawa Coast, from the series “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji”, ca. 1830-1832. Polychrome woodcut 26 x 37.6 cm. ©Courtesy of E. Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art
Ukiyoè. The Great Wave off the Kanagawa Coast, 1826–1836. Katsushika Hokusai. In the “Great Wave off the Kanagawa Coast,” a tiny Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance beneath the crest of a giant wave. The Great Wave, 1826–1836. Color woodblock print, from the series “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)”. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Polychrome woodcut; ink and color on paper, 25.7 x 37.9 cm. © Courtesy of the E. Chiossone Oriental Art Museum