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The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai
Contributed by: Morrison
  • 1. Who created The Great Wave off Kanagawa?
A) Claude Monet
B) Utagawa Hiroshige
C) Katsushika Hokusai
D) Takashi Murakami
  • 2. In which century was The Great Wave created?
A) 17th century
B) 18th century
C) 19th century
D) 20th century
  • 3. What type of artwork is The Great Wave?
A) Oil painting
B) Watercolor
C) Sculpture
D) Woodblock print
  • 4. Which country's art form is The Great Wave?
A) Korean
B) Japanese
C) Chinese
D) Vietnamese
  • 5. What is the prominent mountain in The Great Wave background?
A) Mount Kilimanjaro
B) Mount Rainier
C) Mount Fuji
D) Mount Everest
  • 6. What series does The Great Wave belong to?
A) Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
B) Eight Views of Omi
C) One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
D) Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
  • 7. What type of boats are shown in The Great Wave?
A) Fishing boats
B) Sailboats
C) Canoes
D) Warships
  • 8. What color dominates The Great Wave?
A) Red
B) Blue
C) Green
D) Yellow
  • 9. What artistic tradition does The Great Wave represent?
A) Cubism
B) Surrealism
C) Ukiyo-e
D) Impressionism
  • 10. What European artist was influenced by The Great Wave?
A) Michelangelo
B) Vincent van Gogh
C) Pablo Picasso
D) Leonardo da Vinci
  • 11. What cultural movement popularized The Great Wave in Europe?
A) Romanticism
B) Orientalism
C) Realism
D) Japonisme
  • 12. What is the original Japanese title?
A) Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura
B) Fuji San no Nami
C) Umi no Oki
D) Nami no Fuji
  • 13. What printing technique was used?
A) Lithography
B) Etching
C) Woodblock printing
D) Screen printing
  • 14. What makes the blue color in original prints?
A) Lapis lazuli
B) Indigo
C) Cobalt blue
D) Prussian blue
  • 15. What is the wave's relationship to Mount Fuji?
A) Framing it
B) Reflecting it
C) Covering it
D) Pointing to it
  • 16. In which country was 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' created?
A) United States
B) Japan
C) France
D) China
  • 17. What is the foam of the wave often compared to?
A) Clouds
B) Flowers
C) Birds
D) Claws
  • 18. How many views of Mount Fuji were originally planned in the series?
A) 48
B) 100
C) 24
D) 36
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