The Great
Wave.

A moment of movement.
A new way to gather around it.

Hokusai’s sea, translated into a Mahjong collection of curling waves, oars and distant mountains.

Explore the story

01 / INSIDE THE PRINT

The wave moves.
The mountain stays.

Hokusai's Under the Wave off Kanagawa
Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1830–32 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Created around 1830–32, Under the Wave off Kanagawa belongs to Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. It is a woodblock print: ink and color on paper.

Look beyond the towering crest. Low boats follow the water, while Mount Fuji appears small and still in the distance. The contrast gives this single image its extraordinary tension: a fleeting surge around an enduring mountain.

Follow the curves of the foam, then find the quiet triangular peak. That movement between energy and stillness is where our design journey begins.

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02 / FROM PAPER TO THE TABLE

A visual language,
reimagined for play.

We carry the curling wave, distant mountain and deep blue palette into a new set of tile compositions. Oars become counting motifs. Circular waves become Dots. Numerals bend into the motion of the sea.

These are Mahla’s design interpretations inspired by the print. The tile illustrations extend beyond the original composition into their own suit and special-tile families.

03 / EXPLORE THE TILE DESIGNS

One sea. All 43 faces.

These tile illustrations are design visualizations, not photographs of a finished set.

43 unique tile faces
152 core tiles

05 / YOUR TABLE, A NEW HORIZON

The Great Wave
American Mahjong

A sea-inspired collection in blue, turquoise and warm ivory tones.

$199.00 USD

Selected material
Blue four-layer acrylic
Tile dimensions
22 W × 15 D × 32 H mm
0.87 × 0.59 × 1.26 in
Set size
160 tiles

160 tiles. Scene props are not included. For package details and current dispatch timing, contact mahla@mahlamahjong.com.

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Enlarged original sample photograph