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Tag Archives: early modern art
Book Announcement: Marriage and Marriageability: The Practices of Matchmaking between Men from Japan and Women from Northeast China
Marriage and Marriageability: The Practices of Matchmaking between Men from Japan and Women from Northeast China BY CHIGUSA YAMAURA How do the Japanese men and Chinese women who participate in cross-border matchmaking—individuals whose only interaction is often just one brief … Continue reading
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Tagged China, early modern art, gender studies, Japan, marriage, modern China, relationships
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Fun Link Friday: Ukiyo-e project and modern prints
We’ve covered modern takes on and uses of ukiyo-e prints from early modern Japan a handful of times for our Fun Link Fridays here at Shinpai Deshou. The latest way in which ukiyo-e can be seen persisting in the cultural imaginary is … Continue reading
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Tagged art, early modern art, fun link friday, Japanese art, Japanese culture, media, pop culture, popular culture, Tokugawa Japan, ukiyo-e
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Resource: Ukiyo-e.org
Ukiyo-e, Japanese woodblock prints, hold an esteemed place as one of the most well-known and prolific Japanese arts, having exploded in popularity in the early modern period (1603-1868) and become a great source of inspiration to many artists overseas. The … Continue reading
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Tagged art, database, early modern art, early modern Japan, Edo Japan, Edo period, Japan, Japanese art, Japanese culture, ukiyo-e
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Fun Link Friday: Kuniyoshi Project’s cat prints
The Kuniyoshi Project is a website dedicated to the prints of early modern ukiyo-artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 国芳). Although the website maintains a simple design, there must be hundreds of fantastic prints available to view, along with descriptions of their content … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cats, culture, early modern, early modern art, Edo period, fun link friday, Japanese culture, prints, ukiyo-e
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