The intricate handle engravings harken to classic Japanese woodblock prints, namely Hokusai's The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Hokusai's 'The Great Wave' (painted about 1830), from Japan In the early nineteenth century ...

And it's how the most famous of all Japanese images, Hokusai's 'Great Wave', is sometimes read. This best-selling woodblock print was made around 1830 by the great artist Hokusai, as one of his ...