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Harunobu: Daruma, mitate, and feminine motifs
I was recently reading the essay “Feminine Motifs in Bodhidharma Symbology in Japan“, it was really interesting to see the different ways in which bits of Buddhist lore were interwoven…
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Torii Kiyomasu II Print
Posted on September 8, 2011 | 2 CommentsI ran across this particular print in a lot of Japanese prints at an auction at I.M. Chait. It was quite different from most of the other prints that one... -
Hokusai: Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji
Posted on August 28, 2011 | 2 CommentsA copy of Hokusai’s Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji has come up for auction at Freeman’s Auction in Philadelphia. This is a Japanese Woodblock print book (which is a sub-category... -
The Japanese Print: An Interpretation
Posted on August 24, 2011 | No CommentsThe famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright was an avid collector of Japanese Woodblock Prints. As it turns out, he also published a book as well (first released in 1912). A... -
Hiroshige: Sea off Satta Point
Posted on July 3, 2011 | No Comments(This post is adapted from a comment that I made over at the Museum Sub-Reddit.) This particular print is the best (in my opinion) print from Hiroshige’s posthumously-printed 36 Views... -
Bunraku in Ukiyo-e
Posted on January 26, 2011 | No CommentsI was recently exploring the depiction of Bunraku puppet plays in Ukiyo-e and began to notice a decided lack of material that explicitly showed puppets. Some pieces were readily available,...