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Japanese Woodblock Wave at Dawn

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Japanese Woodblock Wave at Dawn is a tested Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 prompt for wall art work. It runs at Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 · Aspect ratio 2:3 · Steps 32 · CFG scale 6.5 · Sampler DPM++ 2M Karras, and ships below with the exact prompt text, usage notes, and 2 pasteable variations.

Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more vintage prompts .

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A ukiyo-e woodblock print of an ocean wave at dawn
Japanese Woodblock Wave at Dawn — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 2:3

Prompt 

traditional ukiyo-e woodblock print of a tall cresting ocean wave at dawn, indigo and prussian blue water, cream foam curling in carved spiral linework, pale peach and gold sunrise sky with a soft bokashi gradient, flat layered ink colors, visible washi paper grain, bold carved outlines, original composition, japanese woodblock print style

Negative prompt 

photorealism, 3d render, glossy water, text, watermark, signature, people, boats, modern objects, blurry, oversaturated

Settings

Model
Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Aspect ratio
2:3
Steps
32
CFG scale
6.5
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

"Bokashi gradient" — the hand-wiped ink fade woodblock printers used for skies — is the phrase that makes the sunrise look printed rather than painted; leave it out and SDXL substitutes a smooth digital gradient that breaks the illusion. The common failure is the water drifting photorealistic and glossy, which is why both the negative prompt and "carved spiral linework" push back; if foam still turns to spray, raise cfg to 7 before touching the prompt. Because every color is a flat ink layer, this upscales to 20x30 cleanly — the washi grain is drawn, not noise, so it survives large format. 2:3 matches the tall-print ratio buyers expect for Japanese-style wall art.

Variations to try

  • Night version — swap the sky line for "deep indigo night sky with a pale full moon, grey-blue water" for a matching second print
  • Calm version — "low rolling swell under drifting flat clouds, same indigo palette" as the quieter companion piece
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Japanese Woodblock Wave at Dawn",
  "prompt": "traditional ukiyo-e woodblock print of a tall cresting ocean wave at dawn, indigo and prussian blue water, cream foam curling in carved spiral linework, pale peach and gold sunrise sky with a soft bokashi gradient, flat layered ink colors, visible washi paper grain, bold carved outlines, original composition, japanese woodblock print style",
  "negative_prompt": "photorealism, 3d render, glossy water, text, watermark, signature, people, boats, modern objects, blurry, oversaturated",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "2:3",
    "steps": 32,
    "cfg": 6.5,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "vintage",
    "nature"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "wall-art"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/japanese-woodblock-wave/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.