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“Amida Falls in the Depth of Kiso Road” by Katsushika Hokusai

 

 

 

 

Genre

Traditional Japanese Poetry

Haiku and Tanka 

Art

Paintings and Woodblock Prints (Ukiyo-e)

Traditional Craft

Pottery, Glass, and Metal…

Historic Spots

Shrines and Temples

Key Persons

Matsuo Basho (Haiku Poet)

Katsushika Hokusai (painter, woodblock maker)

Yosa Buson (Haiku poet, painter)

Utagawa Hiroshige (painter, woodblock maker)

Most Famous Artworks

Beauty Looking Back

Chinese Lions

The God of Wind and Thunder

Irises

The Great Wave Off Kanagawa

Kambara, the snow in the night

Selflessness

Merciful Mother Kannon​

Traditional Crafts

Arita/Imari ware

Kutani ware

Kiyomizu ware

Hagi ware

Edo-kiriko

Nambu Tekki castiron

Members Only Posts

・Matsuo Basho’s haiku poems with Japanese voice

・PDF file of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai

・Patterns of traditional Japanese clothing (kimono)

・Learn about ukiyo-e woodblock! Definition, history, famous artists and prints

・Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849

・Wabi and Sabi, unique sense of Japanese art

Events

Kōgei: Art Craft Japan exhibition at Philadelphia Museum of Art, through September 9

Freer Gallery of Art’s exhibition, Hokusai: Mad about Painting, November 23, 2019–November 8, 2020

 

SPRING LECTURE SERIES: INVENTION AND REVIVAL: THE KEI SCHOOL AND KAMAKURA SCULPTURE, at the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Japanese Art