The Great Wave 

 (神奈川沖浪裏, Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura^?, lit. "Under a Wave off Kanagawa"),

The great wave, or also know as the wave.

Designed by Japanese artist.Katsushika Hokusai. Born in 1760  in Edo.

The Great wave has also been credited as the Birth of the poster.

This is from the Edo period ,19th century.

Edo renamed Tokyo from 1868, when the shogunate[military generals or dictarors}  era came to an end

The area in which the image is depicted  is near Mount Fuji.The mountain itself can be seen in the background of the picture.

It looks like an image of a Tsunami but is probably  as the title stipulates a large  wave of the sea  which can be seen persuing the boats in the picture..

The deisgn is a woodblock print.The colour is described as woodcut.

The  actual dimension of the picture is 25.7cm x 37.8 cm {10.1 in x 14.9 in}.

The style of Art Hokusai used has certainly been influenced by the Art Nouveu movement.

A great many prints of the great wave can be seen in quite a few Western Art collections in places like Londons British Museum, the Metroploitan  Art Museum in New York City and  Claude Monet's house in Giverny in France.,

 Katsushika Hokusai died in 1849 aged 88.

A truly innovative designer who lead the way for  many great Artists after him, and whose influence can still be seen in some of  todays designers work.

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