It's now on the back of the new ¥1,000 banknote introduced last year. From the Japan Mint web site: The back depicts “Under the Great Wave off Kanagawa,” one of the most famous works by the ukiyo-e ...

However, unlike the picture of Kim K crying, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, to give it its full ... didn’t happen during Hokusai’s lifetime. A print was shown at the 1867 International ...

I n 1831, the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai immortalized a snow-covered Mount Fuji in the background of his famous ...