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Hokusai started the series "100 Poems Explained by the Nurse" (Hyakunin
isshu uba ga etoki) in 1835 and made 28 colour woodblocks and 62
drawings and drafts with the intention of helping kids understand easily
"100 Poems by 100 Poets" as if a nurse narrated the story to them.
36 Views of Mount Fuji (1832) is a series of 46 large, color
woodblock prints by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai
(1760–1849), depicting Mount Fuji in differing seasons and weather
conditions from a variety of different places and distances. “The Great
Wave Off Kanagawa”, number 1 of the series is one of the most famous
pictures in the world. |
