“Red and White Plum Blossoms” on folding screen by Ogata Kōrin Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716) was strongly influenced by Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570? -1643?) and established his painting style while being enlightened by Sōtatsu’s creative style. The themes of the paintings of red and white plum blossoms accompanied by a stream of water and the arrangement of […]
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“Waves at Matsushima” by Tawaraya Sōtatsu <figure> <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-L.jpg” data-elementor-open-lightbox=”yes” data-elementor-lightbox-title=”SOTATSU-Matsushima-L”> <img width=”640″ height=”268″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-L-1024×428.jpg” alt=”” srcset=”https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-L.jpg?resize=1024%2C428&ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-L.jpg?resize=300%2C125&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-L.jpg?resize=150%2C63&ssl=1 150w, https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-L.jpg?resize=768%2C321&ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-L.jpg?w=1291&ssl=1 1291w” sizes=”(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px” /> </a> <figcaption>Left screen</figcaption> </figure> <figure> <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-R.jpg” data-elementor-open-lightbox=”yes” data-elementor-lightbox-title=”SOTATSU-Matsushima-R”> <img width=”640″ height=”266″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-R-1024×426.jpg” alt=”” srcset=”https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-R.jpg?resize=1024%2C426&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-R.jpg?resize=300%2C125&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-R.jpg?resize=150%2C62&ssl=1 150w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-R.jpg?resize=768%2C319&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SOTATSU-Matsushima-R.jpg?w=1297&ssl=1 1297w”
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Soga Shōhaku’s “Sessen Doji” <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/565px-Sessen_Dōji-zu_by_Soga_Shōhaku.jpg” data-elementor-open-lightbox=”yes” data-elementor-lightbox-title=”565px-Sessen_Dōji-zu_by_Soga_Shōhaku”> <img width=”565″ height=”768″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/565px-Sessen_Dōji-zu_by_Soga_Shōhaku.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/565px-Sessen_Dōji-zu_by_Soga_Shōhaku.jpg?w=565&ssl=1 565w, https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/565px-Sessen_Dōji-zu_by_Soga_Shōhaku.jpg?resize=221%2C300&ssl=1 221w, https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/565px-Sessen_Dōji-zu_by_Soga_Shōhaku.jpg?resize=110%2C150&ssl=1 110w” sizes=”(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px” /> </a> <br /><!– Japacul Link Unit –><br /><ins style=”display: block;” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-2105416879233547″ data-ad-slot=”3145397812″ data-ad-format=”link” data-full-width-responsive=”true”></ins><br /> The title of the painting, Sessen Doji (雪山童子), is a name of Shakyamuni in his
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Blue and Green Landscape, by Tani Bunchō It is a masterly painting of the plank paths in Shu, located deep in the mountains of China. The characteristic of the Northern Song style adopted by Tani Bunchō (1763-1840) can be seen on the lines of the steep rock faces. Trees colored with ultramarine, verdigris or red
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Japanese traditional pottery products with cherry blossoms (sakura) pattern <a href=”https://amzn.to/2xi2AM5″> <img width=”500″ height=”425″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/51i17oXoDzL._AC_.jpg” alt=”” srcset=”https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/51i17oXoDzL._AC_.jpg?w=500&ssl=1 500w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/51i17oXoDzL._AC_.jpg?resize=300%2C255&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/51i17oXoDzL._AC_.jpg?resize=150%2C128&ssl=1 150w” sizes=”(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px” /> </a> Hanami is an event that many Japanese look forward to every year from March to April. It is a party, eating and drinking with family, friends, and
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Ichikawa Ebizo IV in the role of Takemura Sadanoshin <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.068-1.jpg” data-elementor-open-lightbox=”yes” data-elementor-lightbox-title=”No.068″> <img width=”638″ height=”960″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.068-1.jpg” alt=”” srcset=”https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.068-1.jpg?w=638&ssl=1 638w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.068-1.jpg?resize=100%2C150&ssl=1 100w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.068-1.jpg?resize=199%2C300&ssl=1 199w” sizes=”(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px” /> </a> <br /><!– Japacul Link Unit –><br /><ins style=”display: block;” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-2105416879233547″ data-ad-slot=”3145397812″ data-ad-format=”link” data-full-width-responsive=”true”></ins><br /> It is a Kabuki play performed in May 1794, in which
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Parting Spring by Kawai Gyokudō In the autumn of the year before the production of the “Spring to go” and in the early spring of the same year, Kawai Gyokudō (1873-1957) went on a trip to Nagatoro in Chichibu, to draw sketches and enjoy river rafting. Based on the scenery, he created this piece called
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The Road to The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, and after that The world-famous painting of Japanese waves, The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, one of the prints of “Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji“, is a work by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). The print, which influenced impressionist artists, was very popular among the citizens of Edo at that
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KŌGEI: ART CRAFT JAPAN, at Philadelphia Museum of Art, through September 9 <figure> <a data-elementor-open-lightbox=”default” href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2018-37-1v1-pma2018.jpg”> <img width=”640″ height=”640″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2018-37-1v1-pma2018-1024×1024.jpg” alt=”” srcset=”https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2018-37-1v1-pma2018.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2018-37-1v1-pma2018.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2018-37-1v1-pma2018.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2018-37-1v1-pma2018.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2018-37-1v1-pma2018.jpg?resize=250%2C250&ssl=1 250w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2018-37-1v1-pma2018.jpg?resize=174%2C174&ssl=1 174w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2018-37-1v1-pma2018.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2018-37-1v1-pma2018.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w” sizes=”(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px” /> </a> <figcaption>Vessel with Blue Glaze Kimura Yoshiro, Japanese, born 1946 , Photo by
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National Museums Liverpool’s Drawing on Nature: Taki Katei’s Japan exhibition, Oct 4, 2019—Apr 13, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts83MQcSJIM<br /><!– Japa Link Unit 2 –><br /><ins style=”display: block;” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-2105416879233547″ data-ad-slot=”3791981835″ data-ad-format=”link” data-full-width-responsive=”true”></ins><br /> Taki Katei (1830-1901) is a Japanese painter in the Meiji period (1868-1921) who became famous for his elegant Kacho-ga (painting of flowers and birds) with
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