All posts tagged "Japan"
dailyart
Celebrities of the Floating World
March 17, 2021Celebrities of the floating world is the first Romanian exhibition of a private ukiyo-e collection and...
Cinema
The Scenes You Might Know From Anime: Outstanding Prints of Hasui Kawase
March 8, 2021Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) was one of Japan’s most important and prolific printmakers and artists of the...
20th century
Miyatake Gaikotsu and his Puzzling Postcards
November 4, 2020At the beginning of the 20th century, when Japan started embracing the West and rapid industrialization...
Art Forms
Wild, Practical, Erotic and Magical: The Miniature World of Netsuke
October 29, 2020Originating in 17th century Japan during the Edo Period, Netsuke (pronounced nets-keh) are toggles that attach...
20th century
Tōkyō Thrift – Japonisme and the Japanese Bauhaus
September 30, 2020The historical narrative of Modernism is overwhelmingly western. However, the history of the movement is, in...
Cats
Maneki Neko – Those Lucky Cats (NSFW)
August 7, 2020We’ve all seen those jovial, happy cat figurines in Asian restaurants and shops. Sitting upright with...
19th Century
Painting of the Week: Kikukawa Eizan, The Courtesan Hinaaya of the Chōji House
May 24, 2020Vincent and Theo van Gogh, the close-knit brothers, extensively collected Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. Van Gogh had...
Art Travels
Journey to the East – Buddhist Art Across Cultures
May 12, 2020From its beginnings in India, Buddhist art has traveled across cultures. Buddhism developed its character thanks...
Architecture
Nikko Toshogu Shrine
April 30, 2020Among one of the most scenic areas of Japan, in the middle of the Honshu island,...
Art Travels
Around the World with the National Portrait Gallery – P.6 APAC
March 3, 2020The National Portrait Gallery in London is due to close its doors from 29 June 2020....
