Can an original of "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" be viewed in Japan?

9/3/2018 8:01:30 AM

The Great Wave is a woodcut. The wood block was created by Hokusai around 1830. During his life this was one of his most popular prints as part of his “36 Views” of Japan edition. It was popular to tourists of the day to buy and bring home prints on mulberry or rice paper, so many hundreds of original impressions were made from the wood block. After Hokusai’s death his dealer continued to print from this original block. It it believed that between 5,000 and 10,000 impressions were made from this original plate. But, because they were cheap tourist souvenirs, the vast majority of the impressions were likely destroyed long ago, but somewhere between 100 and perhaps as many as 500 original impressions likely still exist. So, while some might pay $150,000 for an original impression, many in collections remain and can be acquired for far less if one is lucky.

5/15/2014 8:26:06 PM

Tokyo National Museum has it.

Also, Japan Ukiyo-e Museum has it, I do not understand Japanese but I can tell they have it, the website has some English pages, one of them is the opening hours.

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