The Metropolitan Museum of Art Hokusai Great Wave Ballpoint Pen

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The perfect Met Museum souvenir. Make a splash with this ballpoint pen featuring a detail from Katsushika Hokusai's (Japanese, 1760-1849) iconic woodblock print Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave (ca. 1830-32). The esteemed ukiyo-e painter and printmaker was especially revered for his landscapes, in which he employed a rich color palette including exotic Prussian blue.

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