Japanese prints aren't like Western paintings that are one of a kind. The prints were mass produced. The woodblock in "Japanese woodblock prints" means that the

Japanese prints aren't like Western paintings that are one of a kind. The prints were mass produced. The woodblock in "Japanese woodblock prints" means that they carved the design into a bunch of wooden blocks and then stamped them on papers. It meant they could stamp out hundreds of prints at a go. The artists made them for normal people to hang on their walls, like movie posters in a college dorm. A good museum gift shop in Japan will sell you genuine prints for like $300. Also Hokusai was a workaholic so he probably signed a bunch of prints.