<P> The image depicts an enormous wave threatening boats off the coast of the town of Kanagawa ( the present - day city of Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture ) . While sometimes assumed to be a tsunami , the wave is more likely to be a large rogue wave . As in all the prints in the series , it depicts the area around Mount Fuji under particular conditions , and the mountain itself appears in the background . </P>
<P> The image depicts an enormous wave threatening boats off the coast of the town of Kanagawa ( the present - day city of Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture ) . While sometimes assumed to be a tsunami , the wave is more likely to be a large rogue wave . As in all the prints in the series , it depicts the area around Mount Fuji under particular conditions , and the mountain itself appears in the background . </P>
where is the great wave off kanagawa located
where is the great wave off kanagawa located
the present - day city of Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture
the present - day city of Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture