There’s a good chance you’ve seen “The Great Wave,” Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai’s iconic 19th century woodblock print of a towering blue ocean crest. The image has been adored, co-opted and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Katsushika Hokusai woodblock print sold at Christie’s in New York for $2.8 million on Tuesday. The last time the print came up ...

Katsushika Hokusai, “Under the wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)” (1831) from Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji, color woodblock, (all images courtesy of the British Museum) Katsushika Hokusai, “Shōki ...

The iconic Japanese woodblock print “The Great Wave” (1830–1832) broke records at auction when it sold for nearly $2.8 million on Tuesday, March 21. Christie's had originally set the price estimate ...

A rare print of "The Great Wave off Kanagawa," one of art history's most iconic images, fetched a record $2.76 million at a Christie's auction in New York on Tuesday. The 14.6-inch-wide artwork is now ...

Apple’s wave emoji is a popular choice among iPhone users, but perhaps even more popular is the woodblock print that serves as the origin of the emoji, Hokusai’s “Great Wave.” The Museum of Fine Arts ...

Type “wave” into your smartphone and a Great Wave replica emoji pops up. Not even Mona Lisa has that! The Great Wave has a LEGO set. A Google search for “Hokusai Great Wave” brings back 3.6 million ...

Hokusai’s world-famous print The Great Wave is perhaps one of the most iconic images from Japan. The print features a wave that dominates the frame as it crashes onto people struggling to stay on ...

“Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave” at the British Museum is a tribute to the vitality of old age. The exhibition covers the artistic achievements of the last thirty years of the great Japanese artist ...

Famous woodblock print “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” will feature on a Japanese banknote for the first time, in one of three new designs unveiled Tuesday by the country’s finance ministry. Hokusai’s ...