Handmade one at a time, this leather journal is crafted from quality cowhide custom tanned in navy blue and deeply embossed with a design replicating the beloved woodblock print 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' (or simply, 'The Wave') by 19th-Century Japanese artist Hokusai. The journal is accented with a solid pewter button with a spiraling wave design to accent the Hokusai style. An attached rawhide cord loops around the pewter button to securely fasten the journal closed. Within the leather cover is a replaceable 5.5" x 8.5" 208-page hard-cover blank book of heavy bond acid-free pages, perfect for recording sketches, notes, poetry, dreams, diary entries, musings or your personal works of literature. Once the pages are full, it may be refilled with a new blank book, allowing the journal to be appreciated for a lifetime.