Great Wave Tumbler

Museums & Galleries Ltd is the UK’s leading producer of quality art cards and design-led gift stationery. Our collection is home to some of the most highly regarded heritage and arts brands in Britain and beyond. We also work with contemporary independent artists and emerging creative talent to source the beautiful imagery for our ranges. Our mission is simple: to promote artistic quality and celebrate 'timeless style' through an exclusive, unique product collection.

This fantastic tumbler, includes artwork from renowned artist Hokusai Katsushika. The Japanese artist was born in Edo as Tamekazu Nakajima. Adopted by the mirror maker Ise Nakajima, Hokusai was raised as an artisan, learning to engrave at an early age. By age 14, he served as an apprentice to a woodcarver, by age 18 he began studying ukiyo-e printmaking with Shunsho. Hokusai achieved great fame through his meisho-e (famous place pictures), such as the acclaimed series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (1826-1833), which includes the iconic Great Wave Off Kanagawa. Hokusai’s woodblock prints incorporated Western perspective and daring composition into his landscapes. Hokusai revolutionized the Japanese landscape, capturing familiar locations with innovative techniques. In the 1820s, Prussian blue entered Japan through Dutch traders at Nagasaki. Hokusai was quick to explore this new pigment. This rich, opaque shade can be seen in Hokusai’s later woodblock prints, lending them a greater sense of depth than traditional colorants.