The Great Wave off Kanagawa Framing options:Rolled canvas was executed in the studio

was executed in the studio

the work's commissioner

on the left

waiting for her next client

The Great Wave off Kanagawa Framing options:Rolled canvas was executed in the studioThis is the most famous Japanese print in the world! Hokusai performed it at the age of 70. This image, often renamed The Wave, is from the series "Thirty six views of Mount Fuji", a mountain considered sacred by the Japanese. This spectacular and particularly aggressive wave seems to be closing in on a prey (the three fishing boats at the bottom of the image!). The Prussian blue used by the artist is characteristic of Hokusai's taste. At the start of