japanese art for kids

1. JAPANESE ART
SUMI-E

2. Japan’s flag
7回落ち、8回立ち上がる
7-Kai ochi, 8-kai tachiagaru
Fall seven times and stand up eight

3. Fast facts.
Official
language
Japanese
Tha capital city of
Japan is Tokyo
MONEY
Japanese
yen
Goverment
Contitucional
monarchy.
POPULATION
127,103,388

4. The Japanese name
for Japan is “Nihon”
or “Nippon” which
means “sun origin”.
The highest point in
Japan in Mount Fuji,
which stands at
3,776m
Ancient warriors of
Japan were known
as Samurai.
Japan is a
world
leader in
robotics.
Japanese cuisine has become
popular around the world.
Some well-known dishes are
sushi, sashimi and tempura.
Japan is home to
many different
forms of martial
arts. Karate, Judo,
Sumo, Ninjutsu etc.

5. GEOGRAPHY
• Japan is an archipelago,
or string of islands, on
the eastern edge of
Asia.
• Japan's nearest
mainland neighbors are
the Siberian region of
Russia in the north and
Korea and China farther
south.

6. Where is Japan?

7. NATURE
• The Japanese people
have a deep affection
for the beauty of the
landscape.
• Most of Japan is covered
by countryside. But with
more than 100 million
people living in such a
small place, wildlife has
suffered.

8. GOVERNMENT
• Japan is the only
country in the world
with a reigning
emperor. Emperors
have no real power, but
they are still a symbol
of the country's
traditions and unity.
AKIHITO THE ACTUAL
JAPANESE EMPEROR.

9. JAPANESE ART
• Japanese art covers a wide range of art
styles and media, including ancient pottery,
sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting
on silk and paper, calligraphy, ceramics,
architecture, oil painting, literature, drama
and music

12. What is sumi-e ?
• Sumi-e (墨絵風) also known as suiboku-ga,
is Japanese monochrome ink painting or
'ink wash painting'.
• Sumi-e paintings in essence are beautiful
forms of art.
• The origin of sumi-e paintings have roots in
Chinese calligraphy, which can be noted by
the similar brush strokes.

13. JAPANESE ART ACTIVITIES
JAPANESE SCROLL A CHERRY BLOSSOM
• Draw on the surface
of a long piece of
paper a cherry
blossom tree.
• USE THE JAPANESE
TECHNIQUE “SUMIE”

14. Sumie video scroll painting

15. DESIGN YOUR OWN KIMONO.
Use the template colour
and decorate as a
japanese Kimono.

16. JAPANISE PATERN SET.

17. Let’s make a Japanese Fan.
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• PAY ATTENTION HOW TO MAKE A JAPANESE
PAPER FAN IN THE FOLLOWING VIDEO:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dng4au
QmDKw

18. How to make a japanese paper fan

20. Let’s experiment a Sumie painting

21. LET’S MAKE A KOINOBORI
• https://cassiestephens.bl
ogspot.com.es/2014/05/i
n-art-room-first-grade-
koinobori-for.html?m=1
• How to make a Koinobori
with a toilet paper
roll:http://squirrellyminds
.com/2013/05/03/koinob
ori-japanese-flying-carp-
diy/

24. Okiagari-koboshi
(起き上がり小法師)

25. What do we know about Okiagari-
koboshi?
• It is a Japanese
traditional doll. The toy
is made from papier-
mâché.
• 400 years ago a man
made these dolls for
selling them with the
goal to bring prosperity.
• Every year the 10th of
January you can buy a
Okiagari-Koboshi in the city of
Aizu Wakamatsu.
• Lately the okiagari-koboshi
has become the symbol of the
revitalization of Fukushima,
because although it is small in
size, after tipping it always
rises and is related to the
Japanese proverb Falls seven
times, get up eight.

26. Let’s decorate and paint our
Okiagari-koboshi.
こんにちは
Kon'nichiwa
さようなら
Sayōnara