Things to know about the Great Wave
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Things to know about the Great Wave
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#2Wow! Never thought about it like this before:
> Because Japanese text is read from right to left, the earliest viewers of The Great Wave would have likely read the print that way too, first encountering the boaters and then meeting the great claw of water about to swallow them. So instead of riding along with the gargantuan wave as you might in a left-to-right reading, they would face right into the massive wall of ocean.
Reversed image from the article to demonstrate: https://artic-web.imgix.net/5c05c38c-1c80-446f-a3db-4b95b42e...
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#3I have several versions of this, I just enjoy looking at them. I have a desk mat, Lego set, and my favourite:
https://shop.kozyndan.com/products/uprisings-poster
Would the original be considered impressionist?
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#5I’ve been seeing this print my entire life, but last year was the first time I realized that there were boats and Mount Fuji. I was always so captivated by the claws on the wave that i never looked away from them
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#6I have several versions of this, I just enjoy looking at them. I have a desk mat, Lego set, and my favourite: https://shop.kozyndan.com/products/uprisings-poster Would the original be considered impressionist?
No. Hokusai pre-dated Impressionism by a couple of decades, but his work was known in Paris and almost certainly influenced the movement. Also worth noting this particular work's influence on Impressionist music: see the cover of Debussy's La Mer.
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#7There is a very good multi part video about creating a facsimile of the print on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jAhiMCSvtCc
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#8I have several versions of this, I just enjoy looking at them. I have a desk mat, Lego set, and my favourite: https://shop.kozyndan.com/products/uprisings-poster Would the original be considered impressionist?
No. Hokusai pre-dated Impressionism by a couple of decades, but his work was known in Paris and almost certainly influenced the movement. Also worth noting this particular work's influence on Impressionist music: see the cover of Debussy's La Mer.
Thank you for a great answer :)
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#9Wow! Never thought about it like this before: > Because Japanese text is read from right to left, the earliest viewers of The Great Wave would have likely read the print that way too, first encountering the boaters and then meeting the great claw of water about to swallow them. So instead of riding along with the gargantuan wave as you might in a left-to-right reading, they would face right into the massive wall of o…
Historical Japanese text, written vertically, is read top to bottom and right to left (like in those prints). On the other hand, more modern text (including what’s more common now) is read left to right when written horizontally. There are some more variations on directionality.
Nevertheless, the picture does look and convey a different impression when flipped.
Re: Things to know about the Great Wave
#10Wow! Never thought about it like this before: > Because Japanese text is read from right to left, the earliest viewers of The Great Wave would have likely read the print that way too, first encountering the boaters and then meeting the great claw of water about to swallow them. So instead of riding along with the gargantuan wave as you might in a left-to-right reading, they would face right into the massive wall of o…
Historical Japanese text, written vertically, is read top to bottom and right to left (like in those prints). On the other hand, more modern text (including what’s more common now) is read left to right when written horizontally. There are some more variations on directionality. Nevertheless, the picture does look and convey a different impression when flipped.
This is true of documents, text messages, social media etc., but most books, magazines and other printed matter are still done vertically and R-L.