The Great Wave Line - Hokusai: An Unmissable Masterpiece
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Discover our fashion collection inspired by Katsushika Hokusai's famous print "The Great Wave". From delicate silk stoles to refined scarves, each piece is designed to allow you to wear this masterpiece of Japanese art with elegance.
The range also includes meticulously crafted bags and accessories, in which the characteristic blue tones of the original work are subtly expressed.
...Decoration
Enhance your home with our collection of decorative items inspired by the famous Japanese print, where the evocative power of 'The Great Wave of Kanagawa' (1831), by Hokusai, becomes part of your everyday life with refinement and elegance.
...and stationery
Our meticulously crafted stationery collection pays homage to the famous print 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa' (1830-1832) by Katsushika Hokusai.
Let yourself be seduced by our carefully finished notebooks and notepads, which faithfully reproduce the subtle shades of Prussian blue characteristic of the original print. The exceptional quality of the paper ensures that you can write your most precious thoughts in optimum comfort.
Where can I see Hokusai's The Great Wave?
Original copies of The Great Wave of Kanagawa are preserved in many prestigious institutions around the world. You can admire this major work of Japanese art in museums of international renown: the Musée national des Arts asiatiques - Guimet in Paris, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Musée Pincé in Angers, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Palazzo Maffei Casa-Museo in Verona.
What technique is used in The Great Wave of Kanagawa?
The Great Wave of Kanagawa is produced using the nishiki-e printmaking technique, a complex polychrome woodcut process.
This work perfectly illustrates the fusion between the ukiyo-e tradition and Western influences, notably in the use of perspective and the treatment of volumes, which revolutionized the art of printmaking in the 19th century.