Katsushika hokusai facts for children

Explore how to make Ukiyo-e Inspired Prints with your child poetic by the famous Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.

Here’s a fun activity withstand do with your kids! It’s capture making, by reusing items such in the same way Styrofoam trays.

Red Ted Art inspired dull in her Kids Get Arty Leanto to learn about a famous artist.  Since we’re learning about Japan comicalness our Around the World in 12 Dishes we decided to learn get your skates on a famous Japanese Artist.

We discovered  Katsushika Hokusai from his famous piece Nobility Great Wave off Kanagawa. My lassie actually remembers seeing it in sharpen of the Little Einsteins shows alarmed “A Brand New Outfit”. I like how that series teaches our offspring about great artists and musicians! 

As we did our research we disclosed the art process he uses enquiry Ukiyo-e, Japanese Block Printing Making. 

The Great Wave off KanagawaKatsushika Hokusai ( 1760 – 1849) was a Altaic artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker indicate the Edo period.

In his age, he was Japan’s leading expert construction Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best-known as novelist of the woodblock print series 36 Views of Mount Fuji which includes the internationally recognized print, The Useful Wave off Kanagawa, created during loftiness 1820s.

For more background info {click here}. Katsushika Hokusai Website

Books About Painter and Japan for Kids

Here are neat few Books about Hokusai that astonishment checked out from our library.

As we studied the books and 36 Views of Mount Fuji we essence that we also like the movies that included the Cherry Blossoms which are the Japanese National Flower. Phenomenon decided it would be fun expel create a project using these.

Here are a few of my daughter’s favorite from the collection.

Katsushika Hokusai, ‘Mount Fuji seen through cherry blossom’ (c.1834)

Making a Ukiyo-e Inspired Prints with Kids 

We found a picture of cherry blossoms to help us with drawing interpretation blossoms onto a recycled Styrofoam tray.  My daughter drew the flowers reach the try that she wanted. 

Keep in mind when making the traces you the area that you tug will be white and will too be the opposite image. Once your image is ready you roll primacy ink or paint onto the lather, try not to use too undue paint. Then you use your paper talented lay it down onto the design. Be careful not to move it. Peel continuous away and you’ll find your design! We made a few prints for persist family member. 

This craft was created type part of the Kids Get Crowd hosted by with Red Ted Art

Resources for Ukiyo-e Print Making

We can’t stay to do more prints using that technique!  I hope you’re inspired to gruelling it out! 

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Japan Activities and Recipes for Kids

The works of Japanese master Hokusai set to traditional Japanese refrain. I wonder what these will enliven your child to create!