The Japanese Way. The Great Wave off Kanagawa. From Thirty-six Views of Mount Fugi. Optional materials include slide projector, paper-making materials, and paints, brushes, and other basic art supplies. Procedure Japan is a country of islands, surrounded by water.
Much Japanese art focuses on nature, particularly the sea.
These activities give children practice in map skills and a clearer view of the diversity of our planet. It also illustrates a Japanese love of nature and a sense of their response to beauty through art. His woodcut prints of Mt. Fuji and The Great Wave influenced Western art, particularly the impressionist artists, Monet, Degas, and Toulouse-Latrec. Look at a map of Japan and discuss land area, location, oceans, tidal waves, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Read The Magic Fan and talk about how danger can affect daily life.