Katsushika Hokusai's 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' is 1 of the close iconic pictures of all time. His famous woodblock impress is simply 1 of a serial of prints of Mount Fuji from 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'. In these prints Hokusai depicts Mount Fuji from many dissimilar locations as well as at dissimilar times of the year.
You tin right away identify yourself inward Hokusai's geta clogs using the Views of Mount Fuji interactive map. This map overlays 7 of Hokusai's prints of Mount Fuji on rank of the actual sentiment every bit seen inward ArcGIS Scene Viewer. The 7 prints inward Views of Mount Fuji includes The Great Wave of Kanagwa. It every bit good includes the impress 'Fine Wind, Clear Morning', which tin last seen inward the screen-grab to a higher identify (also known every bit 'South Wind, Clear Sky' as well as 'Red Fuji').
Hokusai belonged to the schoolhouse of ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) artists. Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese fine art which flourished from the 17th century through to the 19th century. Hokusai was 1 of the finest artists of the genre. Perhaps the solely other ukiyo-e creative somebody to challenger Hokusai was Utagawa Hiroshige. Hiroshige is in all likelihood close well-known for his serial of woodcut prints, such every bit The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo as well as Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces.
You tin sentiment about of the views from these iii serial of prints on the Ukiyo-e Map. This interactive map has placed each Hiroshige impress on the actual location depicted inward Hiroshige's landscapes. If you lot pick out a marking on the map the prototype volition opened upwards inward a novel tab or window. It is a shame that the images don't opened upwards inward their ain information window on this map. However Hiroshige's brilliance makes it worth the examine of switching betwixt dissimilar tabs inward your browser.
