Author: Katsushika Hokusai (1760 – 1849) Title: The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1831) Print size: 60 x 80 cm. Copyright: 2010 Foto SCALA, Firenze / V&A Images. Printed in Italy. Offset print poster made on thick 230g, high-quality paper. Displays a vivid and sharp image quality. Hokusai's signature on the plate. New to frame. Shipping in a rigid tube via certified express mail. It is possible to collect more than one object, from the same auction, in the same shipment. Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. The breathtaking composition of this woodblock print, said to have inspired Debussy’s La Mer (The Sea) and Rilke’s Der Berg (The Mountain), ensures its reputation as an icon of world art. Hokusai cleverly played with perspective to make Japan’s grandest mountain appear as a small triangular mound within the hollow of the cresting wave. The artist became famous for his landscapes created using a palette of indigo and imported Prussian blue.