The Great Wave off Kanagawa

About The Great Wave off Kanagawa

Part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji is tiny in the background, dwarfed by the wave. The blue pigment was imported from Prussia, newly available in Japan. Hokusai was 70 years old when he created this. Over 8,000 impressions were printed. Influenced European Impressionists including Monet.