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The Great Wave - Part 1

David Bull4 HN recommenders · recommended in 4 months, 2020-2026
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190K views · 11 years ago · documentary · evergreen

The first part of a long series documenting Dave Bull's Tokyo woodblock workshop as it produces a reproduction of Hokusai's The Great Wave. It follows the carving, proofing and printing of the reward print for Kickstarter backers.

HN commenters hold it up as a top-tier long-form process video, recommended whenever the Great Wave or Hokusai comes up.

Visual arts, photography & architectureDocumentaries & storytelling#hokusai#greatwave#ukiyo-e#craftprocess#japaneseprints

4 comments from Hacker News

@MengerSponge2026 · in “The Rediscovery of 103 Hokusai Lost Sketches (2021)”

I bought one of his prints of The Great Wave off Kanagawa. It's stunning. The series is up there with Clickspring's skeleton clock in my pantheon of "greatest long-form process videos" ▶ this video

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@Cerium2021 · in “The 'Great Wave' has mystified art lovers for generations (2019)”

You may find David Bull's youtube content interesting. He is a Japanese woodblock printer living in Asakusa, Tokyo, where he runs a print shop. In 2015 he did a reproduction of the Great Wave and documented the progress online: ▶ this video

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@rwmj2020 · in “Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raid”

I think there's a genuine reason for them to be worth more since they are closer to the original painting. There's a fantastic (and long) series on Youtube about this: ▶ this video

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@Obsnold2020 · in “The 'Great Wave' has mystified art lovers for generations (2019)”

If anyone is interested in Japanese wood block prints I really suggest checking out David Bulls channel on YouTube. He did a whole series on his own copy of the Great Wave. ▶ this video

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