Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 178: "Could You Buy 'The Great Wave Off Kanagawa'?"
This is the bonus show for Episode 178! (The Great Wave Off Kanagawa)
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore the obviously incredibly fascinating topic of whether you could buy an original authentic print of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa". Could you buy that, with the amount of money you might have right now? (The answer involves "Dogs Playing Poker".)
RESEARCH SOURCES:
Hokusai’s 19th Century 'Great Wave,' So Iconic It’s An Emoji, Comes Home To The MFA (WBUR Boston)
16 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ (Mental Floss)
Rare print of Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ sets new auction record (CNN Style)
Can You Find the Great Wave in the Tokyo National Museum? (Google Arts & Culture)
Osaka UKIYOE Museum (blog "The Tourist Guidebook in Osaka")
website of Claude Monet's Home in Giverny museum
Hokusai’s Iconic ‘Great Wave’ Print Sets New Record with $2.8 M. Sale at Christie’s (Artnews.com)
Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Dogs Playing Poker
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