'The Great Wave'
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Japan
1858
Colour woodblock print
Museum no. E.4823-1916
'The Great Wave : Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji - In the hollow of a wave off the coast at Kanagawa'. A huge falling wave on the left, with the tiny cone of Mount Fuji seen in the trough of the wave, centre, three long rowing boats battling the stormy seas