How Hokusai's Great Wave Took Over The World

The artwork: Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), "The Great Wave", from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei). — Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830–32. Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper. Chapters: 0:00 Cold Open 0:45 What You Are Looking At 2:04 The Old Man and the Mountain 3:34 The Floating World 4:37 The Claw 5:28 The Blue That Would Not Fade 6:34 The Mountain He Hid Twice 8:00 There Is No Original 9:09 The Wave Escapes 10:19 Afterimage The Underdrawing — Beneath every masterpiece. Subscribe:    / @theunderdrawing   · All sources on screen and credited below. CREDITS & ATTRIBUTION Artwork: Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), "The Great Wave", from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei). — Katsushika Hokusai, ca. 1830–32. Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper. Image: Wikimedia Commons File:GreatWaveoffKanagawa2.jpg (Public Domain).