> That Hokusai employed the hue as the principal actor in his oceanic drama suggests that he was depicting Japan on the cusp of change. As much as the wave port

> That Hokusai employed the hue as the principal actor in his oceanic drama suggests that he was depicting Japan on the cusp of change. As much as the wave portends instability and danger, it also suggests possibility and adventure. Does the author have any real evidence to believe the wave was intended to be a metaphor of change coming to Japan? Or that the choice of blue pigment was anything more than using the best technology available at the time?