Comment by _kulang
11 hours ago
Perhaps you are unaware, but the great wave is a wood block print. That’s not to say that the strokes aren’t amazing, but they didn’t need to be created in one pass
11 hours ago
Perhaps you are unaware, but the great wave is a wood block print. That’s not to say that the strokes aren’t amazing, but they didn’t need to be created in one pass
And as far as I am aware, there are many prints. This was sold as an early mass market item. It was very popular.
I'm not sure if he had multiple print runs from fresh carvings, or whether he only carved it once?