Demonstration Art

From a painting by  Katsushika Hokusai (1760 – 1849). See discussion.

Calligraphy

The hiragana word below is washi, which you may be familiar with as the word for paper. However, in this case, it is also the word for eagle. There is a kanji ideogram that specifically means eagle, but it requires 23 strokes. It seemed too much to inflict on you for the last class of the semester.