A man stands in front of a reproduction of Hokusai's famous 1831 woodblock print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, at a station in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, on Saturday.
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It's now on the back of the new ¥1,000 banknote introduced last year.
From the Japan Mint web site: The back depicts “Under the Great Wave off Kanagawa,” one of the most famous works by the ukiyo-e artist KATSUSHIKA Hokusai in Edo era, which is highly recognized and has influenced artists around the world.