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Online Event “Experience Japanese Culture: Making The Great Wave: A Demonstration of Japanese Woodblock Printing”

 




From a past demonstration  

The Great Wave is a world-famous design by Katsushika Hokusai. Unlike popular thought, it is not a painting, but a multicolor woodblock print that was made through the collaboration of three skilled artisans: Hokusai, the artist who created the master drawing; a carver who transferred the master drawing to several blocks of wood; and a printer who created the final image with these woodblocks.

This elaborate process and its techniques were passed down for generations, and the printing process can be viewed on YouTube Premieres with English and Japanese explanations.

*You can download more information here.



Demonstration by The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing

 

Online Event
“Experience Japanese Culture: Making
The Great Wave: A Demonstration of Japanese Woodblock Printing”

Start: February 16, 2021(Tue) at 19:00 PM, JST

https://youtu.be/-QxXyHkbDCA (YouTube Premieres)

 

“The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa” from the Series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

By Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Edo period, 19th century

This image is part of a series of forty-six prints of Mount Fuji by the world-famous ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. It shows a view off the coast of the post-station town of Kanagawa (now the city of Yokohama), with Mount Fuji in the distance. The mountain appears tiny in the background behind the sweeping curve of the wave, emphasizing the wave’s immense size.

*The Great Wave  is currently not on display at the Tokyo National Museum.

 

Date
February 16, 2021 (Tue) - February 28, 2021 (Sun)  
To attend
YouTube Premieres
https://youtu.be/-QxXyHkbDCA
*The video can be viewed on this page until February 28, 2021 (Sun) JST.
Fee
Free of charge. No reservation required.
Cooperation
The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing
For inquiries contact
:Education Programming, Tokyo National Museum (edu_tnm@nich.go.jp)