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Ruling Pattern: The Large Wave off Kanagawa. This woodblock print by the Japanese artist Ukiyo-e Hokusai (1760–1849) was created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history.

The print depicts three boats navigating through a turbulent sea, with a large wave forming a whirlpool in the center above the boats and Mount Fuji in the...