Katsushika Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa gracefully distills the ... the highest peak in Japan. Snowy Morning From Koishikawa (Koishikawa Yuki No Ashita), another print in the ...

‘Under the Wave off Kanagawa’, commonly known as the ‘Great Wave’, is an 1831 print by woodblock master Katsushika Hokusai that has become one of the defining images of Japan. This ...

The international popularity of Hokusai’s wave can be traced back to the Paris Exposition of 1867. The occasion marked modern Japan’s ... the sea off Honmoku in Kanagawa.

Like other communities of color, the Japanese American community and its contributions are often erased, Callner said. But murals like Olympia’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” counter that ...