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Ogata Korin’s Irises on Folding Screen

“Irises at Yatsuhashi” (Eight Bridges) by Ogata Kōrin <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/as53.7.12.R.jpg” data-elementor-open-lightbox=”yes” data-elementor-lightbox-title=”irises Ogata Korin”> <img width=”1024″ height=”256″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/as53.7.12.R-1024×256.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/as53.7.12.R-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C256&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/as53.7.12.R-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C38&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/as53.7.12.R-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C75&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/as53.7.12.R-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C192&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/as53.7.12.R.jpg?w=2000&ssl=1 2000w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/as53.7.12.R.jpg?w=3000&ssl=1 3000w” 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 /> Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716) […]

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Famous Japanese art painting, chinese lions by Kano Eitoku

The Folding Screen Painting of Chinese Lions by Kano Eitoku

“The folding screen painting of Chinese lions “(唐獅子図屏風絵) <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Kano_Eitoku_002.jpg” data-elementor-open-lightbox=”yes” data-elementor-lightbox-title=”Kano_Eitoku_002″> <img width=”640″ height=”322″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Kano_Eitoku_002-1024×515.jpg” alt=”Famous Japanese art painting, chinese lions by Kano Eitoku” srcset=”https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Kano_Eitoku_002.jpg?resize=1024%2C515&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Kano_Eitoku_002.jpg?resize=300%2C151&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Kano_Eitoku_002.jpg?resize=768%2C386&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Kano_Eitoku_002.jpg?resize=400%2C200&amp;ssl=1 400w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Kano_Eitoku_002.jpg?w=1099&amp;ssl=1 1099w” sizes=”(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px” /> </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 />

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‘The back of Fuji from the Minobu River’ print, painted by Katsushika Hokusai

46.The back of Fuji from the Minobu   The road that the travelers and horses are walking run down to the Kuonji temple, the head temple of Nichiren sect. Some of them are likely to be on their way to the temple. They are surrounded by rugged rocky mountains, and see the overlapping waves of the river on the

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Ukiyoe print ‘Lake Suwa in Shinano Province’, painted by Katsushika Hokusai

44.Lake Suwa in Shinano Province     In the first edition, it was a woodblock printing of a single indigo color. But every time running into several editions, green and light scarlet was added. Hereby the picture became an emotional landscape of the evening.   There is a rocky place where the shrine and two Japanese pine stands in

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Mount Fuji print ‘Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province’, painted by Katsushika Hokusai

43.Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province     Isawa is a place famous as a sightseeing spot of hot springs today, originally developed as a postal station on the Koshu Highway.   There are people who are preparing for the trip and about to depart from the station under the slightly reddish sky of the dawn.  

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‘Mount Fuji reflects in Lake Kawaguchi’, painted by Katsushika Hokusai

42.Mount Fuji reflects in Lake Kawaguchi, seen from the Misaka Pass in Kai Province   Mt. Fuji drawn from the north side looks more precipitous than any other prints in the Japanese woodcut print series of “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji”.   Katsushika Hokusai(1760-1849) provided the original ideas to this quiet and silent ukiyo-e art. First of all, in

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Art print ‘Inume Pass, Kōshū’, painted by Katsushika Hokusai

41.Inume Pass, in Kai Province There was a post-town on the pass, and it was located on the Koshu Highway between the current Uenohara-shi and Otsuki-shi Yamanashi prefecture. The ukiyo-e artwork shows that the color of light vegetation is the early summer season, and the travelers walk ahead of massive Mt. Fuji.By the small persons and horses walking the

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Katsushika Hokusai’s art, ‘Fuji View Field in Owari Province’

40.Fuji View Field in Owari Province   The place, Fujimihara, was located on the outskirts of Nagoya-shi, Aichi prefecture, and known as a scenic spot where there are red light districts and samurai’s residences.   Many craftsmen appear in the series of “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji”, but the ukiyo-e woodblock printing of this craftsman is said to

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