View Hokusai Great Wave Mount Fuji Background. Hokusai (2004), a book written by the italian professor of east asian art, gian carlo calza, offers a general introduction to hokusai's works, looking at a. Hokusai also studied european works and was particularly although the eye may be drawn to the huge crashing wave, the most important subject is the small peak of mount fuji in the distance, which hokusai painted over.
Japan's highest mountain, mount fuji is a sacred site for the shinto faith, an enduring presence and recurring motif in japanese literature and poetry.
1831) which includes the internationally recognized print, the great wave. The curve of the wave draws an arc and forms a composition centered on mount fuji in the background. The giant wave with its crest reaching over to mount fuji lends the work great depth and creates a sense of drama. Hokusai has arranged the composition to frame mount fuji.