Ukiyo-e (Pictures of the Floating World), is a genre of Japanese art from the 17th-19th centuries that has produced and inspired some of the most treasured woodblock prints.
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Pictures of the Floating World
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Japanese silkscreen with a very modern feel by Ay-O (1931-Present. Part of a series of cats done by the artist. This one is called "Anger."
Happy Caturday from Bella, Bamboo & Chagall 🐈⬛
Doesn't this woodblock look like its out of an early Studio Ghibli animation? It's called Car Town (Toyota) by Japanese Artist Fumio Kitaoka (1918-2007).
I've had two stuffed peacocks on driftwood in my apt since the 1990's, When they die, they do not rot or decay for a very long time making them ideal for taxidermy & as a symbol or immortality. In Honolulu I saw white peafowl for the first time (wow).
Yang Shanshen (Chinese painter)
White Peacocks
Eleven minutes but worth watching.
Another super modern looking silkscreen by Japanese artist Go (Tsuyoshi) Yayanagi (1933-Present). It's called Flower Like the Blue Sky.
I love the violet and greens in this painting. I also like how the rule of thirds is incorporated into triangles making the composition sing.
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Shono Driving Rain
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This woodblock takes me back to the year I lived on Maui (decades ago). A friend had a boat that offered sunset cruises and we'd look back on the W.Maui Mountains, often surrounded by Humpback Whales. I moved to Honolulu for 2 years after that.
Ito Takashi 1894-1982
Ameshiriro
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YouTube video by Mie Gallery - Original Japanese Prints
