This picture was drawn by a Japanese artist. This picture is the most famous one from a lot of his works. The way to drawing has developed since the Edo period. It’s called “ukiyoe”. They are Japanese genre, but he also learned a lot of kinds of art including Western paintings. When I went to NYC, I saw his works of art at an art museum, and bought some post card of his works of art including this picture. That’s so cool!! The mountain which you can see on this picture is the most highest mountain called “hujiyama” in Japan.

About the Artwork

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) changed his name several times to coincide with his changes in artistic styles. Here, “The Great Wave at Kanagawa”, is part of a 36 piece series originally done as Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock printing. Mount Fuji is a centerpiece of great aesthetic and spiritual significance in this print, and a plethora of Hokusai’s other works. It expresses the mystical interconnection between nature’s primal beauty, and Mount Fuji, holding the secret of immortality.

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NYC

I went to NYC last December with my friends. This is my first visit in NYC. I took a bus there. It took about 14 hours from Toledo to NYC. I was so tired. I will never take a bus from Toledo to NY! We rent an apartment, so the cost was cheaper. I stayed there for 5 days. I could enjoy Christmas in NYC! First, I went to a hair salon in SOHO to change my hair color because I had wanted to change my hair color for a long time. I’m Asian. My hair is different from American’s, so I was thinking to go to a hair salon where Japanese worked. My friend recommended me the hair salon. Two Japanese worked there. My hair got really nice! Maybe i will go there again.

NYC at night was different from in the daytime, but even if midnight, The number of people was the same as in the daytime. NYC is always busy…. We saw an ice skating show which many girls danced. After that, we went to a Japanese restraunt to have dinner. I forgot the name of the town where the restaurant was. A lot of Japanese restaurant were there. We saw two policemen who were on horses on the way to home.

We went to the Doll’s museum where a lot of famouse people’s dolls(musicians, presidents, athletes,etc…). The dools looked very
natural!! We took a lot of pictures with the dools there.

Of couse we went to the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State, but we couldn’t be near the Statue of Liberty because the ship to go there was already finished(;_;), and we couldn’t go up the Empire State because the weather was so bad….so I couldn’t take the pictures. Maybe next time!!