Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Japan Images of a People
A wonderful three lesson unit that examines the art of Japanese screen paintings. Following some valuable information on the culture and country student will have an opportunity to create their own screen.
Library of Congress
Loc: On the Cutting Edge Exhibition Home
A vast collection of contemporary Japanese prints done by women artists.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Ukiyo E Prints and Rise of Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Life in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the...
Other
Gyotaku by Naoki
Visit this resource to learn about his Japanese form of printmaking using live fish caught from the ocean.
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum: Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Explanatory notes and images from an online exhibition of nineteenth-century woodcuts by one of Japan's most-revered artists, Utagawa Hiroshige. "Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo" represents over 100 prints of scenes of Tokyo...
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Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Printing [Pdf]
An activity where learners learn about the koi, an important symbol in Japanese culture, and create a gyotaku fish printing. This is designed to be done in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden but can be easily adapted.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Toshusai Sharaku
A great site for images by Sharaku. There are links to many museums and articles about this 18th century Japanese artist.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Hishikawa Moronobu
This site offers links to images in museums and galleries and articles on the artist.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Ukiyo E "Images From the Floating World"
This is a site on Japanese artists from this period. There is also a link to Western artists that influenced the Ukiyo-e artists after Japan was opened to the West after 1867.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Evolution of Ukiyo E and Woodblock Prints
Ukiyo-e began as hand-painted scrolls and screens of everyday life in Japan. They became so popular, they were mass-produced using carved wooden blocks. Read the evolution of this artform and view pictures in this essay.
wikiHow
Wiki How: How to Do Gyotaku Fish Rubbing
A wild idea! Instructions on how to make a Japanese print from a real fish!