Under the wave off Kanagawa (‘the Great Wave’), from the series Thirty-six views of Mt Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai · Colour woodblock print, horizontal ōban · Edo period · c. 1831 · British Museum

Find the small Fuji, then see three boats and claw-like spray drive the eye into depth.

Exhibition: Edo in Focus: Japanese Treasures from the British Museum — Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum · 2026-07-25 – 2026-10-18