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
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Welcome To Tokyo End Edo (Tokyo) End
Tokyo from Tokyo Tower, 1999, Nick Hodge (Found by Google Search) Nihonbashi, 1847, By Ando Hiroshige
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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
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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
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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
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Tokyo Outrageous End Castles - Defensive End
Himeji Castle, built 1601 – 1609 Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1993 Photographer: S or H. Rindsberg Ryogoku Ward
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 *
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