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Haiku: Learning and Sharing the Beauty of Being Human (9-12) The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge Over the course of two classes, students will reflect on their daily lives to find small moments of peace and/or happiness. Using these moments and/or observations, students will create a haiku and an accompanying photograph, which will be combined into a digital visual class anthology. Go to Museum Resource: https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-9-12/Haiku_Learning...

Heian Period (794–1185) The Metropolitan Museum of Art A brief overview of political and cultural developments in Japan during the Heian period. With 4 related artworks. Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/heia/hd_heia.htm

Heian Period, 794-1185 Minneapolis Institute of Arts "With the transferal of the capital from Nara to Heian-kyo (modern Kyoto) in 794, a new era began." A brief one-paragraph overview, with one object representative of the period. Go to Museum Resource: http://archive.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/history/japan-heian-period.cfm

Heiji Monogatari Emaki (Tale of the Heiji Rebellion) Scrolls with A Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace Princeton University Art Museum The Heiji disturbance, which occurred late in 1159, represents a brief armed skirmish in the capital. ...The Heiji scrolls date from the thirteenth century and represent a masterpiece of "Yamato" style painting. The scene appearing here, entitled "A Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace," is the property of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, provides an excellent introduction to the genre of picture scrolls. The scrolls read from right to left, and all action flows to the left. They can be documented as being treasured artifacts in the fifteenth century, when nobles mention viewing them, but they now only survive in fragmentary form. Go to Museum Resource: http://digital.princeton.edu/heijiscroll/

History and Traditions of the Samurai Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Students will use images of samurai armor and weaponry to learn related vocabulary. They will describe the functional and aesthetic aspects of armor through focused viewing and reading, and they will draw conclusions about the changing code of the samurai over the course of 800 years. Download includes a lesson plan, a number of guides, and slideshows. Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/history-and-traditions-of-the-samurai/

Hokusai and Hiroshige: Great Japanese Prints [PDF] Asian Art Museum of San Francisco A historical and cultural overview of Edo period (1615–1868) Japan as a context for examining Japanese woodblock prints. See also 11 min Video. Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/12/Hokusai_and_H...

Hokusai and Slow Looking [PDF] National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution Students will experience “slow looking,” an observation technique that encourages students to slow down, select one artwork, and observe it deeply for a prolonged period in order to gain appreciation and insights. Refers this worksheet. Go to Museum Resource: https://asia.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/edu-resources-lp-EVE202103-LP-Ho...

Hokusai: Mad About Painting National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution Animated examination of works by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). This excellent interactive website features an introduction to Hokusai's life, plus an examination of his work, organized into the following categories: COLOR (Hokusai's innovative use of color); BRUSH & BLOCK (the range of Hokusai's creativity, and comparisons of painting and printing techniques); COMPOSITION; and SUBJECT. Uses Flash. Go to Museum Resource: https://archive.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/hokusai/launch.htm

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