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“History of Japanese Woodblock Printing” (Balderrama, 2017)
This is an image of a wooden block, which was the print method used to create the artwork Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura)
“Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave” (Hokusai, n.d.)
“The breathtaking composition of this woodblock print, said to have inspired Debussy’s La Mer (The Sea) and Rilke’s Der Berg (The Mountain), ensures its reputation as an icon of world art. Hokusai cleverly played with perspective to make…