The Great Wave by Hokusai Poster

Enjoy this stunning reproduction of the famous ukiyo-e woodblock print "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: The Great Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa" by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji is a series of 46 prints depicting various features of Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan. In this print, indigo blue, a very popular colour at the time, was used for the main outlines to produce a sharp effect. The giant wave with its crest reaching over to Mount Fuji lends the work great depth and creates a sense of drama. Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, kabuki and the theatre, and pleasure quarters. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan. The Floating World store on Zazzle painstakingly restores these historical treasures to their true colours, fixes basic aging issues, and resizes to fit standard size frames. Paper texture and colour are maintained because it reveals the aged beauty of these master works of art. Contact us for custom sizes or products.