The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print made by Hokusai.[1]
The art work was printed somewhere between 1830 and 1833 which was during the Edo period. It is the first print in the series, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. It shows a giant wave threatening boats near the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa. It was made with the ukiyo-e printing technique.
Although it mostly was grainy feeling to the touch, it held a great part of history