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by hnfong 58 days ago
My original comment only mentioned traditional Japanese text layout. Let's just look at the text in the Great Wave:

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3...

Per https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%9E%E5%A5%88%E5%B7%9D%E6... , it is read 「冨嶽三十六景 / 神奈川沖 / 浪裏 」 which is top to bottom, then right to left, i.e. "神奈川沖" before "浪裏".

Arguments about modern Japanese text layout is beyond the scope of my original comment, and I don't think it's meaningful to discuss it anyway. Those who know and use Japanese know, and those who don't, don't need to know.