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End End Welcome To Japanese Art Backwards • Architecture - cutting edge to castles & merchant houses Welcome ! • Printmaking - shin hanga to ukiyoe • Graphics - digital & anime to manga • Painting - mixed media to luxurious screens Contemporary Japan and Its Roots • Calligraphy - abstract to Zen IDS 360 • Tea Ceremony - timeless classics • Fashion - Harajuku & sweats to kimonos • Foreign Influences - from rock to namban gaijin 1 Welcome To Tokyo End Edo (Tokyo) End Tokyo from Tokyo Tower, 1999, Nick Hodge (Found by Google Search) Nihonbashi, 1847, By Ando Hiroshige 2 3 Pure Chinese vs. Pure Western End Tokyo Neighborhood End Heian Jingu, Kyoto Built in 1895 for the city’s 1,100 anniversary Kaminakazato Neighborhood, Sogetsu Kaikan Building H. Rindsberg, 1993 By Kenzo Tange, 1977 4 5 1 Old Japanese Neighborhood End Tokyo Station - A Contrast End Tokyo Station by Kingo Tatsuno Victorian Style Meiji Period Entrance, 1890’s (West Side) New Tokyo Station, 1960’s International Style (East Side) Akasaka, 1832, Ando Hiroshige, Minneapolis Institute of Art 6 7 Western Technology & Japanese Design End 1960’s Innovation End Kabukiza by Okada Shinichiro 1924 Yoyogi Stadium 1961 – 1964 By Kenzo Tange Tokyo National Museum By Watanabe Hitoshi, 1937 8 9 Tokyo Outrageous End Castles - Defensive End Himeji Castle, built 1601 – 1609 Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1993 Photographer: S or H. Rindsberg Ryogoku Ward 10 11 2 Castles - Diplomatic End Mt. Fuji, Modern Views End Nijo Castle, Kyoto, c. 1625 Fujiyama from Okitsu, 1928 S. or H. Rindsberg By Yoshida Hiroshi, woodblock print Freer & Sackler Galleries Nijo Castle Kyoto, c. 1625 Kanaya, from Tokaido Munakata Scan: Japan Form and Spirit Hanga, 1964 By Munikata Shiko The British Museum 12 13 Mt. Fuji, The Original End Contemporary Graphics End Magma Spirit Explodes, Tsunami is Dreadful By Chiho Aoshima, 2004 Mt. Fuji After A Storm (Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji) Web: blumandpoe.com By Katsushika Hokusai 1831 – 1833 Woodblock print, Metropolitan Museum of Art 14 15 Modern Graphics End Manga - Now End Trigun, Volume 1 Poster for Hijikata Barakei Book Cover By Yasuhiro Nightow Performance, 1960’s By Eikoh Hosoe, 1973 Born 1967 Designer: Tadanori Yokoo Photo Web: siegelproductions.ca/ by Eikoh Hosoe photoaddicts Scan: Japan Color 16 17 3 Manga - Then End Manga - Ancestors End Ichikawa Danjuro VIII as Kagekiyo, 1854 By Utagawa Kunisada Color Woodblock Print Fitzwilliam Museum Astro Boy Volume 10 By Osamu Tezuka 1928 - 1989 18 19 Manga - The Original End Anime - Anti-Heroes End Rice Baling Katsushika Hokusai 1802 - 1815 Still from Anime: I, 1988 Director: Katsuhiro Otomo, born 1954 Captured from DVD 20 21 Anime - Ancestors End Anime - History End Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Sugiwara (top) By Kunisada (1786 – 1865) Surimono Woodblock Print Still from: Millennium Actress, 2001 1832, Fitzwilliam Museum Directed by Satoshi Kon, born 1963 Captured from DVD 22 23 4 Ukiyoe History End Ukiyoe - History End Picture of a Mercantile Establishment at Yokohama Night Attack (Forty-seven Ronin) By Hashimoto Sadahine, 1861 By Ando Hiroshige, 1843 - 1847 Woodblock Print, Freer & Sackler Galleries Minneapolis Institute of Art 24 25 Contemporary Painting End Modern Painting End An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo, 2001 By Morimura Yasumasa Color Photo Web: csulb.edu/StudioTalk Portrait of Mrs. F, 1939 By Yasui Sotaro, oil on canvas H: 34.5 inches Self-Portrait, By Kohno Michisei (1895 – 1950) Oil on canvas, H: 36 inches Freer & Sackler Galleries 26 27 Edo Painting End Edo Painting End Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn Raijin (Thunder God) and Fujin (Wind God) By Sakai Hoitsu, 19th century By Ogata Korin H: 64 inches W: 71 inches Silver leaf and paint on paper Tokyo National Museum Kyoto National Museum 28 29 5 Calligraphy Now End Calligraphy Then End Kanzan and Jittoku The poem: By Suio Genro My heart is like the Ju (Big Tree), by Morita Shiryu, 1968 (1716 – 1789) autumn moon Lacquer and gold, Cincinnati Art Museum Ink on paper, H: 44 inches Pure as the clear blue Scan: Zenga and Nanga lake Morita Shiryu at Work Web: japan-art.com 30 31 Calligraphy Then End Tea Ceremony House End Replica of Sa-an Tea House From Daitokuji, Kyoto Minneapolis Institute of Art Teahouse at Suizenji Temple Purification Basin Established 17th century Enso by Torei Enji (1721 – 1792) Teahouse Garden at Ink on paper, W: 21 inches Nikko Shrine Scan: Zenga and Nanga Inner Garden Gate Established 17th century 32 33 Tea Ceremony End Fashion Now End Tea Bowl with Design of Mountain Retreat Tea Bowl Red Shino th mid-18 century Named Tsurara (Icicle) Buff clay, white slip, iron and Edo, 19th century Hamamatsu Rest Stop, Tomei Expressway, cobalt under clear glaze Stoneware with red slip under 2007, H. Rindsberg H: 3 inches feldspathic glaze Yoyogi Park Beauties, 2006 Freer & Sackler Galleries Freer & Sackler Galleries By Joseph Kulisics 34 35 6 Fashion - Now End Fashion Then End Portrait of Issey Miyake, Unidentified Artist Models of Fashion: New Designs as Fresh Young Leaves: The Courtesan Tagasode of Daimonjiya with Katsuru, Tomeki and Attendants Pleats Please Dress, 2006, By Isoda Koryusai 1778-80 Issey Miyake Woodblock print, H: 15 inches Freer & Sackler Galleries Summer Yukata, 2006 Photo: Richard Guzman 36 37 Fashion Then End Fashion Then End Tokugawa Kimono Tie-dye and ink painting The Courtesan Konosumi About 1610 By Utamaro Kitagawa Scan: Story of Kimono 1793-1794 H: 14.5 inches Woodblock Print Mason fig. 326 Freer & Sackler Galleries 38 39 Foreign Influences Now End Foreign Influences Then End Namban Screens (Detail) Early 17th century Color and gold leaf on paper Mason fig. 282 * RIZE Rock Band, 7/2/05, Chiba, Japan Photographer: Koichi Kamoshida, Getty Images 40 41 7 Foreign Influences Then End Foreign Influences Then End Namban Screens Early 17th century Color and gold leaf on paper H: 61 inches Mason fig. 282 * Namban Screen (Detail), early 17th century Color and gold leaf on paper Mason fig. 282 * 42 43 8.