Japan: 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa’. Ukiyo-e woodblock print from the series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' by Katsushika Hokusai (31 October 1760 - 10 May 1849), c. 1830. In this woodcut, Hokusai shows Mount Fuji in the background. The raging waves in this illustration are often mistakenly called ‘tsunami’; however, as the waves are offshore, they are more correctly known in Japanese as ‘okinami’.
This woodcut is from Hokusai’s series of woodblock prints titled ’36 Views of Mount Fuji’. Hokusai (1760-1849) was first and foremost a ‘ukiyo-e’ (floating world) painter of the Edo period. In this woodcut, he shows Mount Fuji in the background. The raging waves in this illustration are often mistakenly called ‘tsunami’; however, as the waves are offshore, they are more correctly known in Japanese as ‘okinami’. A tsunami caused by an offshore magnitude earthquake devastated northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. Thousands of people were killed, and nuclear power plants were damaged, leading to widespread fears of radiation poisoning in the region.
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