Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave, c. 1830-32, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bainbridge Island, Washington. It was 1973. I was eight years old and Hollywood was into disaster movies.

Katsushika Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’ takes a starring role at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston April 5 ...

But the great wave, of course, dominates the composition and has become an accepted title. Born near modern day Tokyo in 1760, Hokusai was a prominent ukiyo-e artist, ...

“The Great Wave,” by Michiko Kakutani—czarina of book reviews at the Times from 1983 to 2017—is one such textual debacle. It is a sneering, ...

Like "The Great Wave," this print forms part of Hokusai's collection "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji." Katsushika Hokusai "Umezawa Manor in Sagami Province" (c.1830-32) by Katsushika Hokusai — ...

The Art Institute notes that "The Great Wave" is not a painting but a commercially-produced print—mass-produced to the tune of thousands and continuing to be printed even after Hokusai died ...

The Great Wave is scheduled from October 16-19, 2020, and tickets are available for purchase now. The Great Wave will feature more than 100 speakers, performers, ...

Hokusai (1760-1839) was Japan’s first internationally recognized artist, rising to fame on the crest of The Great Wave. Hear about the artist’s ingenuity and versatility over his long and ...

Hoping to make a splash, Berkeley Repertory Theatre launched its first season under new artistic director Johanna Pfaelzer with “The Great Wave,” a political nail-biter about Japanese and ...

LEGO tends to put out a new batch of sets at the start of each month. In terms of new sets, January 2023 is a doozy, with dozens of new LEGO sets based on franchises like Star Wars, Avatar, Marvel ...

The Great Wave to go on display at the British Museum before it's locked away for preservation. The iconic image can only be shown for short periods of time in order to preserve it.