Some fishermen, faced with 40-foot (12-metre) waves, took to their boats and headed straight over them: echoes of Hokusai's deliverymen.

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Apple is like contemplating the big waves in a Hokusai print.

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Intriguingly, his calls for deregulation have struck a chord even in ancient fishing communities whose members are as old as Hokusai was when he created his masterwork.

ECONOMIST: A look at how Japan views the sea��and itself