Many viewers come in to see the following image called the great wave but what is this image really about What is this image main point and was this print part of a series

The Great Wave of Kanagawa, also known as Under the Wave off Kanagawa is a yoko-e wood print by Japanese artist  Katsushika Hokusai. The print details a view of Mount Fuji shadowed by the figure of a cresting wave rising from the left side of the image. Despite the eye-catching ocean waves, the intended focal point of the print is the resting Mount Fuji, located behind the moving waves in the near center of the picture. This print was part of Hokusai's celebrated series ''Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'' (1831-1833), which shows several glimpses of Japanese landscapes and scenery featuring Mount Fuji.