A Level Exam 2024 - Observe Seek Challenge - Hokusai Woodcut Prints - Views of Mount Fuji

 Hokusai produced a series of 36 Woodcut prints between 1830 -  1832 showing views of Mount Fuji in Japan. The Prints were so successful and popular that he produced a further 10 prints on the same theme

Some, like the Great Wave, a symbol of the power of nature with a view point that puts us in a choppy sea far off the coast of Japan are famous. Some use very interesting compositions with use of negative shapes and the Mountain in the background almost like a Wheres Wally.

Mount Fuji seen from a range of different viewpoints is an interesting visual device to connect together the series of prints as well as showing how central the large mountain is in that part of Japan