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Xiaogushan by Yoshida Hiroshi

Xiaogushan, by Yoshida Hiroshi Title: Xiaogushan Author: Yoshida Hiroshi Year: 1939 Size: 40 cm × 26 cm Related artworks “Goshikibara” by Yoshida Hiroshi “Glittering Sea” by Yoshida Hiroshi “Fujiyama from Okitsu”  by Yoshida Hiroshi “Drum bridge at Kameido Shrine, Tokyo”, by Yoshida Hiroshi “View from Komagatake” by Yoshida Hiroshi “Kagurazaka Street after a Night Rain”, …

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View from Komagatake

View from Komagatake, by Yoshida Hiroshi

View from Komagatake, by Yoshida Hiroshi Title: View from Komagatake Author: Yoshida Hiroshi Year: 1928 Size: 28 cm × 41 cm Related artworks “Avenue of Cherry Trees”, by Yoshida Hiroshi “Goshikibara” by Yoshida Hiroshi “Glittering Sea” by Yoshida Hiroshi “In a Temple Yard”  by Yoshida Hiroshi “Drum bridge at Kameido Shrine, Tokyo”, by Yoshida Hiroshi …

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Who is Katsushika Hokusai? His bio and paintings

Katsushika Hokusai who created the famous great wave painting Katsushika Hokusai self-portrait Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) must be the most famous Japanese woodblock printing (ukiyo-e) artist around the world. So, do you know how to pronounce “Katsushika Hokusai”? His art works of images including The Great Off Kanagawa (The Great Wave) and other prints of “Thirty-Six Views of …

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All ’53 Stages on the Tokaido’ art prints by Utagawa Hiroshige is here

The masterpiece arts of Utagawa Hiroshige, “Fifty-Three Stages on the Tokaido”   Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige led the field of landscape printing in ukiyo-e. Especially, “Fifty-Three Stages on the Tokaido” is one of the most highly regarded woodblock printings series in Japanese art.                       When he started to …

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Japanese ink painting: “Landscapes of Autumn and Winter” by Sesshu

“Landscapes of Autumn and Winter”     Sesshu (1420‐1506) was a Zen priest in the late period of the Muromachi Period. And he established Japanese ink paintings (a kind of sumi-e painting, an art expressing only with the light and shade of black ink). The sumi-e painting is one of the “Sabi” world in Japanese …

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Tawaraya Sotatsu, Fujin and Raijin

Tawaraya Sotatsu, “The Folding Screen of Fujin and Raijin”

“The Folding Screen of Fujin and Raijin (God of Wind and Thunder)” <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1024px-Fujinraijin-tawaraya.jpg” data-elementor-open-lightbox=”yes” data-elementor-lightbox-title=”1024px-Fujinraijin-tawaraya”> <img width=”1024″ height=”455″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1024px-Fujinraijin-tawaraya-1024×455.jpg” alt=”Tawaraya Sotatsu, Fujin and Raijin” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1024px-Fujinraijin-tawaraya.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1024px-Fujinraijin-tawaraya.jpg?resize=300%2C133&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1024px-Fujinraijin-tawaraya.jpg?resize=768%2C341&amp;ssl=1 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px” /> </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 /> Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570-1643) …

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