The Great Wave Off Kanagawa is woodblock print that was done by the Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai. The print depicts Mount Fuji rising in the background, and a rogue wave crashing down on the boats (Culture Trip). Each aspect of the print represents something. Mount Fuji represents everything staying the same, and the rogue wave represents the unpredictable aspects of life (Culture Trip). These two feelings balance each other out, which is why they are both represented in this print.
The Great Wave Off Kanagawa is part of the Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji series. Out of all thirty six prints The Great Wave Off Kanagawa became the most famous. Part of the reason why the print became so well known was because Hokusai used techniques that were not yet common among ukiyo-e artists. Hokusai used colored ink to create this print. Colored ink was starting to become more common, but monochromatic ink was still the most common type of ink used. Not only did Hokusai use colored ink to create the print, he used imported colored ink. The ink he used was imported from Europe (Culture Trip). The name of the ink was prussian blue (Culture Trip). This ink added a wow factor to the print, because it was something that no one had ever seen before.
The Great Wave Off Kanagawa is part of the Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji series. Out of all thirty six prints The Great Wave Off Kanagawa became the most famous. Part of the reason why the print became so well known was because Hokusai used techniques that were not yet common among ukiyo-e artists. Hokusai used colored ink to create this print. Colored ink was starting to become more common, but monochromatic ink was still the most common type of ink used. Not only did Hokusai use colored ink to create the print, he used imported colored ink. The ink he used was imported from Europe (Culture Trip). The name of the ink was prussian blue (Culture Trip). This ink added a wow factor to the print, because it was something that no one had ever seen before.