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The great Japanese woodblock prints by the artists Katsushika Hokusai ... illustrative views of the best of old Japan. Kawase Hasui's take on houses in the landscape, including some wonderful ...
The Floating World,” a multimedia extravaganza inspired by the art of 18th- and 19th-century Japan, is on view through ...
HERE: JAPANESE ART ALIGHTS IN CAPE ESTATE. If you’re not traveling to Japan this summer, you can still immerse yourself in ...
A new take on the last days of the centuries-old Japanese woodblock tradition, this gripping exhibition focuses on the propaganda prints made by Japanese woodblock artists during the Russo ...
These Centuries-Old Japanese Woodblock Prints Get Reanimated as GIFs The Japan of 200 years ago comes to life thanks to the mighty GIF. Art Aug 31, 2015 18.8K Views 0 ...
Sipping my cold brew, I studied the woodblock ... an old-fashioned method of warding off bears. Did Eisen and Hiroshige have ...
Centuries-old monuments abound ... of Japanese prints,” said Mr. Ikeda. Making Japanese woodblock prints usually involves a team of people: The artist, who creates the design in black ink ...
“Bird and Blossom” highlights the evolution of prints in Japan from the Edo and Meiji eras into the twentieth century. Defining the 19th century of Japan, the Edo and Meiji periods gave birth to the ...
Often brightly colored and meticulously detailed, woodblock prints gained initial prominence in Japan as an accessible artform during the Edo Period (1603-1868). Prints made during this period are ...
And curator Lauren Palmor says the discipline required to make the woodblock prints ... saturating Japan. Its creator, artist Masami Teraoka uses the wood block form to capture old and new.