| WAVE | The Great ___ off Kanagawa, a woodblock print by the Japanese Ukiyo-e artist Hokusai |
| 36VIEWSOFMOUNTFUJI | *Series of nearly 40 Woodblock prints by Hokusai depicting a Japanese peak |
| ARTHISTORIAN | Knows the origins of the great wave off Kanagawa being an expert on The Liffey Swim (3,9) |
| HOKUSAI | Artist whose woodblock print The Great Wave was created in c1833 (7) |
| UKIYOE | Meaning "pictures of the floating world", a style of Japanese painting or woodblock print (5-1) |
| WOODBLOCKS | Items used to create "pictures of the floating world" in the Japanese art of ukiyo-e, such as those at the V&A (10) |
| WOODCUT | Design or print created from an engraved block in xylography or the Japanese art ukiyo-e (7) |
| UTAMARO | Exponent of the ukiyo-e style whose paintings include The Nakadaya Teahouse and Flowers of Edo: Youn |
| GUADALCANAL | The largest of the Solomon Islands, occupied by the Japanese from 1942 to 1943 (11) |
| PUDDLE | Disturbance made by an oar blade pulled through water; an excess of curtain hem spilling onto a floor; or, a woodcut print by M. C. Escher (6) |
| ART | Ukiyo-e or ceramics, e.g. |
| TAILPIECE | Decorative design at the foot of a page or end of a chapter; any one of Thomas Bewick's woodblock engravings; or, an ebony or rosewood strip anchoring a violin's strings (9) |
| GUAM | Pacific island territory of the US which was occupied by the Japanese during WWII |
| PEARL | - Harbor; site of a surprise attack by the Japanese in 1941 (5) |
| MIKADO | Mike is cut off with much fuss by the Japanese emperor (6) |
| SUMOALERTS | The tossing of salt and stamping of feet by the Japanese? |
| NETSUKE | Carved bone or ivory used as a toggle by the Japanese (7) |
| KAWASAKI | City in Kanagawa, Honshu, Japan, on the south bank of the Tama River (8) |
| KABUKI | Performance often depicted in ukiyo-e prints |
| EDO | Period that gave rise to ukiyo-e art |
