£110.00

Published between 1829 and 1833 the Great Wave woodblock has inspired countless artists including Monet and Van Gogh. Featuring a massive wave bearing over Mount Fuji in the distance and diminutive boats carrying fish, it remains one of Hokusai’s best known works. This print is produced by King & McGaw to exacting museum conservation standards, using inks and printed on 230gsm, fine grain, smooth art paper to create a perfect reproduction.Born in 1760 in Edo, today’s Tokyo, Hokusai began painting at the age of six. He has endowed the world with some of the most arresting, evocative and historically crucial depictions of landscape and nature, including his famous woodcuts of Mount Fuji and The Great Wave of Kanagawa.