Whether it’s Kim Kardashian ugly-crying or a little girl standing in front of a burning building ... to transcend language and culture. Hokusai’s Great Wave is seen as the ultimate emblem ...

And it's how the most famous of all Japanese images, Hokusai's 'Great Wave', is sometimes read. This best-selling woodblock print was made around 1830 by the great artist Hokusai, as one of his ...

Japan's iconic ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai left an indelible mark on the art world. We trace the development of "The Great Wave" and the location that inspired "Rainstorm beneath the Summit." ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Hokusai's 'The Great Wave' (painted about 1830), from Japan In the early nineteenth century ...