Travel in style: Hokusai art featured in new Japanese passports

Japanese artist Hokusai's masterpiece ‘Under The Wave Off Kanagawa’, better known as ‘The Great Wave’, is one of the most famous artworks in the world. It is now featured in the new Japanese passport. Photo: Handout

The Japanese government will start issuing passports featuring designs based on the works of ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai from as early as this month.

The visa section of the new passports will include designs from the Edo-period artist’s Thirty-Six Views Of Mt Fuji.