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When 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' was originally published in the early 1830s, in what medium was it produced and sold?
Answer
Mass-produced woodblock prints
Hokusai's 'Great Wave' was produced as a woodblock print (ukiyo-e), a technique that allowed hundreds of copies to be made and sold cheaply to the general public, making it everyday commercial art rather than a prized collector's piece at the time of its creation.
💡 Did you know?
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Japan's most iconic print, was considered cheap mass-market trash when created—now worth millions.
Other options people guess
- Oil paintings on canvas
- Hand-painted silk scrolls
- Copper engraving prints
Topics
- hokusai
- japanese-art
- woodblock-print
- great-wave
- 19th-century
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