50 Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period, best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji which includes the internationally iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Watch Woodblock Printing Process – A Japan Journey (17:13)
= read the transcript

Visit the interactive exhibit, A Picture of Change for a World in Constant Motion

Visit Katsushika Hokusai’s official website

Watch Favorite Parodies in Art – The Great Wave (5:39)

Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji

Consider this:

1. Which of the thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji do you think is the best one? Why?
2. Which of the thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji is your least favorite? Why?
3. How do the individual views of Fuji relate to each other as a set of images?