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The Great Wave: Hokusai, Japanese Prints, and a Global Icon
Famous Artworks
·6 min read

The Great Wave: Hokusai, Japanese Prints, and a Global Icon

Katsushika Hokusai's Great Wave is the most recognized Japanese artwork in the world. Discover how woodblock prints were made, why Mount Fuji is so small, what the wave means culturally, and how this image designed for a mass market became one of the defining images of world art.

Hokusai: The Great Wave, Manga, and a Lifetime of Reinvention
Artist Spotlight
·9 min read

Hokusai: The Great Wave, Manga, and a Lifetime of Reinvention

Discover the extraordinary life and art of Katsushika Hokusai. From The Great Wave to his Manga sketchbooks, explore how he spent ninety years reinventing himself and left behind one of the most influential bodies of work in art history.