Beyond the Great Wave: Hokusai’s “Deep Old Age” at the British Museum

Timothy Clark, head curator of the exhibition.

Dragon in Rain Clouds (1849).

Fine Wind, Clear Morning (Red Fuji) from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (1831).

The Great Wave off Kanagawa from Thirty-Six views of Mount Fuji (1831).

Hokusai’s wave decorates the museum entrance; Mount Fuji looms large inside.