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Tag Archives: Edo period
Fun Link Friday: Ukiyo-e animated gifs
Just last month we posted on an artist’s rendering of 8-bit Japan nostalgic in GIFs, and lo and behold, this month we stumble across Edo-period early modern nostalgia in GIFs that bring ukiyo-e to life! The artist, who goes by … Continue reading
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Tagged art, digital art, early modern, early modern Japan, Edo period, fun link friday, gifs, prints, 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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Funding: Ukiyo-e Research Grant
Ota Memorial Museum of Art opens competition for one or two grant(s) up to 1 million yen for research on ukiyo-e. Deadline: October 31, 2014. http://www.ukiyoe-ota-muse.jp/H20josei-E.html ＜Purpose and Objects of Grant＞ Ukiyo-e developed independently of the existing Japanese art styles during the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Edo period, funding, grant, Japan, Japanese art, Ota Memorial Museum of Art, research, ukiyo-e
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Book Announcement: Lust, Commerce, and Corruption: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard by an Edo Samurai
The translators and editors are delighted to announce the publication from Columbia University Press of Lust, Commerce, and Corruption: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard by an Edo Samurai, translated by Mark Teeuwen, Kate Wildman Nakai, Miyazaki Fumiko, Anne Walthall, and … Continue reading
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Tagged books, commoners, Edo Japan, Edo period, Japan, literature, samurai, social history, society, warriors
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Fun Link Friday: All About Netsuke
For the kogei- and fashion lovers, Collectors Weekly interviewed Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) director Christine Drosse back in 2011 about netsuke. The link includes links to LACMA’s online collections of Edo- and Meiji Period netsuke as well as to the International … Continue reading
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Tagged art, collectors weekly, craft, Edo period, fashion, fun link friday, kogei, LACMA, Meiji period, Netsuke, 根付け
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Fun Link Friday: Restoring a Sake Merchant’s Edo-Period Home
In this Fun Link Friday, meet Austin and Sachiko Moore, a couple who have restored much of their Edo-period home in Hino (日野), Shiga pref., and are helping to restore other historic homes in the area. Mr. Moore’s pursuit of authenticity … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Edo period, fun link, fun link friday, Hino, historical preservation, home restoration, Japan, merchants, Shiga
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Book Announcement: An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Mega-City, 1750 –1850
An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Mega-City, 1750 –1850 edited by Sumie Jones with Kenji Watanabe This is an anthology of literature centered in the city of Edo, now Tokyo, from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century. It includes many … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, early modern history, Edo, Edo period, Japan, Japanese literature, literature
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Workshop: Reading Late Edo Period Media and Society
Reading Late Edo Period Media and Society: Kawaraban and Handwritten Manuscripts from the Kano Bunko Collection of Tohoku University September 16th – 20th, 2013 ORGANISERS Heidelberg University ハイデルベルグ大学 Institute of Japanese Studies 日本学科 Akademiestrase 4-8 69115 Heidelberg Tohoku … Continue reading
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Tagged early modern, early modern period, Edo period, Germany, Heidelberg University, Japan, manuscripts, workshop
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Book Announcement: Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater
Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater. Wondrous Brutal Fictions presents eight seminal works from the seventeenth-century Japanese sekkyō and ko-jōruri puppet theaters, many translated into English for the first time. Both poignant and disturbing, these whimsical narratives contain … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, Buddhism, early modern, Edo period, fiction, Japan, Japanese religion, joruri, literature, puppet theater, religion
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Call for Applications: Reading Edo-period Hentaigana and Kuzushiji Workshop
The Penn Faculty Working Group for Reading Asian Manuscripts will hold a four-day workshop on reading Edo-period hentaigana and kuzushiji August 19-22, 2013, and invites applications from faculty and graduate students from all fields of Japanese studies to participate. The workshop … Continue reading
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