Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration Gallery

Under the Wave off Kanagawa

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanj?rokkei)
ca. 1830?32 Katsushika Hokusai Japanese
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

Mt. Fuji & Fisherman at Sunrise, Lake Tanuki, Fujinomiya, Shizouka, Honshu, Japan

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Mount Fuji, Japan - Reproduction of a Hokusai woodcut

Reproduction of a woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai entitled: 'Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido', from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) Date: circa 1830

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