Japanese Wave Print 'Kanagawa' Embroidered the leafy rise and climbing

the leafy rise and climbing path fill a wall with green

sturdy without being stiff

The only darker note is the pair of small tipped ends on the drawstring

ruling from an underwater crystal palace in the depths of the sea

each one glints and changes hue depending on the angle and light

Japanese Wave Print 'Kanagawa' Embroidered the leafy rise and climbingThe poster carrying Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa This poster reproduces The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the most famous Japanese woodblock print of all and the opening image of Hokusai's series Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji. A towering blue wave rears up and curls over, its claw like crest scattering foam, while slim boats ride the swell and Mount Fuji sits small and calm in the distance. First published around 1831, the print has become shorthand