Short Essay: Contextual AnalysisAbout 15 minutesThe work shown is Under the Wave off Kanagawa (also known as the Great Wave), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, by Katsushika Hokusai, 1830-1833 CE, polychrome woodblock print, ink and color on paper.(A) Describe how prints such as this one were produced.(B) Describe the audience for prints such as this one in Edo-period Japan.(C) Explain how the subject of the series relates to the culture of the time in which it was made.(D) Using specific visual evidence, explain how contact with European art or materials is visible in the work.(E) Explain how this print and others like it affected later art outside Japan.Ask Mia for feedback
