Seems there was, aboard the recently-capsized
Costa Concordia, a collection of woodblock prints by
KATSUSHIKA Hokusai (葛飾北斎). 残念ですね！Apparently they were in a spa that seems to have been on the Spagna deck,
third deck down, fore, probably on the port side; not sure whether that part of the ship is actually underwater, but since the ship is
submerged on the starboard side, maybe there's hope.
Hokusai (1760–1849) was from Edo and, although he's probably best known for his
36 Views of Mount Fuji (of which in fact there are
46, plus another set of 100), his
Great Wave of Kanagawa has in the Occident become iconic and emblematic of woodblock as an art form:
Addendum: Looks like it's worse than I'd thought! The collection included not only twelve works by Hokusai, but also three by
Utamaro and one by the very mysterious
Sharaku. Here's hoping neither the water nor looters will get at them.
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