Image Attribution: “Thai Restaurant featuring wall mural of Hokusai’s woodblock print ‘Great Wave off Kanagowa’” by Terryl Atkins is licensed under CC BY-SA. (See interactive map)
This Thai restaurant on the lower east side of Manhattan appropriates the image of Hokusai’s famous print for the back wall. This provides an easily recognizable art historical reference to add a vague legitimacy and atmosphere to the restaurant.