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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Evolution of Ukiyo E and Woodblock Prints

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Mary Cassatt

For Students 9th - 10th
A site by the National Gallery of Art of twelve selected Cassatt color prints. There is also a biography of the artist.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Japan: Images of a People

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students learn to view Japanese paintings, they make a screen, and they learn about the culture of Japan. There are three lesson plans and all allow all needed materials to be downloaded.
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Toshusai Sharaku

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site for images by Sharaku. There are links to many museums and articles about this 18th century Japanese artist.
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Kiyonobu

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the prints by Japanese Ukiyo-e printmaker Kiyonobu (1664-1729 CE). There are links to museums with images and articles on the artist.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cassatt, the Coiffure

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary Cassatt's motivation in making her prints was to make her art more accessible for a large audience. She believed that everyone, regardless of income or social position, should be able to experience art and to own works they enjoy....
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Hishikawa Moronobu

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers links to images in museums and galleries and articles on the artist.
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Toy Theater

Toy Theater: Create a Print in the Style of Hokusai

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive feature that lets you model a print after Hokusai.