Fuji Wave Lens Cloth

Designed exclusively for the British Museum: a lens cloth featuring a Fuji Wave design. <br> <br> The Fuji Wave is a famous woodblock print by the Japanese artist, Hokusai. It was published in 1832 as the first in Hokusai's series '36 Views of Mount Fuji' and is the artist's most famous work. <br> <br> Highlights from the iconic image of the Fuji Wave have been interpreted here. The lens cloth is made from a silk microfibre and is suitable for cleaning glasses and sunglasses.

Designed exclusively for the British Museum a lens cloth featuring a Fuji Wave design.

The lens cloth is made from a silk microfibre and is suitable for cleaning glasses and phone screens.

About the Fuji Wave:

Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura or The Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai was published in 1831 as the first in his woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. The remarkable image features fishermen cowering in three skiffs under the wave about to crash down upon them. Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance unperturbed by the impending catastrophe.

It is likely that around 5,000 prints were made from Hokusai’s woodblock, although many of the originals were destroyed during periods of war or natural disasters. An original from a later run is now housed in the British Museum, where it is only displayed for a maximum of six months every five years to prevent light damage to the colours of the image.

Always useful to have to hand, this lens cloth will make a perfect souvenir of the Museum.