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.

It gives the effect of a fixed point in a spinning world. 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.

The intricate handle engravings harken to classic Japanese woodblock prints, namely Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Every product is carefully selected by our editors. If you buy from a ...

SINGAPORE – Like the famous Hokusai woodblock print The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, the wave of Japanese restaurants opening in Singapore is great and never-ending. Never mind that people here ...