What is a woodblock print?

This video answers the question "What is a woodblock print?" using the famous nineteenth-century print Under the Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa, also known as the Great Wave, by Katsushika Hokusai. This video explains what a woodblock print is and how one is made.

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0:00 What is a woodblock print?

00:40 How was the Great Wave print by Hokusai made?

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