This document has all 36 prints from Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fiji.

The following links will help you discuss these works with your children.

• Art Spotlight: Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fiji: The original blog post about these works with commentary, discussion questions, and learning activities

• Woodblock Printing with Kids tutorial

• Free Art Appreciation Printable Worksheet Bundle

• How to Look at Art with Children

• All art posts on the Art Curator for Kids

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Art Spotlight: Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fiji

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• peaceful, harmonious scenes

• asymmetrical composition

• limited color palette of about 4 colors plus black

• unclear space or perspective

• diagonal or curved lines that guide your eye through the composition

• outlined shapes filled with solid, flat color

Conventions of Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints

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• What is going on in this artwork? What do you see that makes you say that?

• What emotions do you feel when looking at this artwork? What emotions do you think the artist was feeling?

• Describe the lines and colors in this artwork. How do the colors and lines contribute to the emotion?

• Describe the ways Hokusai included Mount Fuji in the artworks.

• What can you tell about the Japanese way of life in the Edo Period by looking at these artworks? What types of things are the people doing?

• What do these artworks have in common? How could you tell that these were created by Hokusai during this time period?

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Questions to Ask

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1. Haiku Poetry. This painting is perfect for a poetry-writing exercise, especially haiku because of the Japan connection. You can download a free haiku writing worksheet by signing up for my e-mail list here. The worksheet walks the students through a warm-up of writing adjectives, verbs, phrases, and metaphors before they end up with their haiku. Have students pick their favorite Hokusai work to write about.

2. Woodblock Printing. These paintings are woodblock print, so a natural fit would be a printing activity so your students can better understand how these were made. There are lots of way to do this at home, and I just did a post about this earlier in the week to prepare for this post. Click over to that post to learn about all the ways you can do woodblock prints at home with your kids.

3. Compare/Contrast. Pick 3-4 of Hokusai's prints (or all of them if you are feeling ambitious) and have the students make a list of all of the things these prints have in common. Through this activity, your students will come up with the conventions of ukiyo-e printing as described on page 2.

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Learning Activities

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Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, c. 1829-32

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Hokusai, A sketch of the Mitsui shop in Suruga in Edo, 1830

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Hokusai, Asakusa Hongan-ji temple in the Eastern capital, 1830

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Hokusai, Below meguro, 1830

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Hokusai, Ejiri in Suruga Province, 1830

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Hokusai, Enoshima in Sagami Province, 1830

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Hokusai, Fuji viewed from rice fields in Owari Province, 1830

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Hokusai, Hakone Lake in Sagami Province, 1830

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Hokusai, Hodogoya on the Tokaido, 1830

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Hokusai, In the Mountains of Totomi, 1830

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Hokusai, Inume Pass, Kōshū, 1830

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Hokusai, Kajikazawa in Kai Province, 1830

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Hokusai, Lake Suwa in Shinano Province, 1830

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Hokusai, Michima Pass in Kai Province, 1830

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Hokusai, Mount Fuji reflects in Lake Kawaguchi, seen from the Misaka Pass in Kai Province, 1830

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Hokusai, Nihonbashi bridge in Edo, 1830

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Hokusai, Noborito Bay, 1830

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Hokusai, Rainstorm beneath the summit, 1830

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Hokusai, Sazai hall - Temple of Five Hundred Rakan, 1830

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Hokusai, Sea coast at Tago, near Ejiri, 1830

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Hokusai, Senju, Musashi Province, 1830

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Hokusai, Shichiri beach in Sagami Province, 1830

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Hokusai, South Wind, Clear Sky, 1830

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Hokusai, Sundai, Edo, 1830

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Hokusai, Sunset across the Ryōgoku bridge from the bank of the Sumida River at Onmayagashi, 1830

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Hokusai, Tama River in Musashi Province, 1830

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Hokusai, Tea house at Koishikawa. The morning after a snowfall, 1830

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Hokusai, The Circular Pine Trees of Aoyama, 1830

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Hokusai, The village of Sekiya on the Sumida River, 1830

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Hokusai, Tsukada Island in the Musashi province, 1830

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Hokusai, Umezawa in Sagami province, 1830

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Hokusai, Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa, 1830

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Hokusai, Ushibori in Hitachi Province, 1830

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Hokusai, Watermill at Onden, 1830

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Hokusai, Yoshida on the Tokaido, 1830

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Hokusai, The Kazusa Province sea route, 1830

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