The Metropolitan Museum of Art Hokusai Great Wave Journal | Journals & Notebooks

This Ingenious Composition Is One Of The Most Recognized In The History Of Art—And A Highlight Of The Met Collection. Famous For Landscape Views, Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849) Used A Shift In Perspective To Make Mount Fuji, Japan’S Grandest Mountain, Appear Dwarf-Like Under A Cresting Wave In This Imagined Seascape. You’Ll Savor Hokusai’S Brilliant Point Of View Every Time You Open This Journal’S Pages.