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Christie’s Asia Week New York Sale

The 19th-century Japanese printmaker Katsushika Hokusai has long been renowned for the legendary stormy scene depicted in Great Wave. His woodblock print is one of the most reproduced images in art history—it even has its own emoji. However, many people are unaware that the work is part of a 46-piece series intended to depict Mount Fuji across various landscapes and seasons.