Tag Archives: photography

Fun Link Friday: Biei’s Blue Pond

Posted on January 24, 2014 by LM

This wintry scene is brought to you by Spoon & Tamago, who featured some of Kent Shiraishi’s photos of the blue pond in Biei (美瑛), Hokkaido. The water contains a high degree of aluminum hydroxide, which is why it appears … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: The Stray Cats of Kyoto

Posted on January 3, 2014 by LM

I’m rolling my eyes a bit at the title of this piece, but the photos are a great new lens through which to explore Kyoto. Katayama has taken thousands of pictures of the legendary ancient city that once was the … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Misao and Fukumaru

Posted on November 8, 2013 by LM

Via itsmikolmota via Demilked. Today’s fun link is the galleries of photographer Miyoko Ihara’s Misao and Fukumaru series. Miyoko Ihara graduated from the Nippon Photography Institute in 2002. Around that time, she began photographing her grandmother, Misao, in order to document … Continue reading →

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Resource: Old Photos of Japan

Posted on August 21, 2013 by LM

Ever wonder what Japan looked like in the Meiji period? Old Photos of Japan is a curated collection of photos from the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa periods, roughly 1860-1930. The website is curated by DUITS, boutique journalism and stock … Continue reading →

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PhotoVoice Exhibit 2013 at the University of Michigan

Posted on April 1, 2013 by LM

Via the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies alumni mailing list. More about the project on Michigan Today. PhotoVoice Exhibit 2013 | April 9 – May 8 ~ OPENING RECEPTION ~ Tuesday, April 9 ~ 3:00 to 4:30PM at II … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Photos of the Sakurajima Eruption

Posted on March 15, 2013 by LM

NASA’s “Astronomy Picture of the Day” for March 11 was one of Martin Rietze’s photos of the Feb. 21-26 eruption of Sakurajima, an active volcano in Kagoshima. For the original photo set, which includes photos of pyroclastic eruptions as well, … Continue reading →

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Event: Watching a Geisha Dance: Choreography as Historical Source, University of Michigan

Posted on February 12, 2013 by LM

Via the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies Alumni mailing list: Friday, March 29 ~ 7:00 to 8:30PM @ North Quad, Space 2435, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. A Show-and-Tell Event with MARIKO … Continue reading →

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Blog Review: Spoon & Tamago

Posted on November 21, 2012 by LM

As someone who works for an art magazine, I try to keep abreast of the latest in Japanese design. One website that I am particularly fond of is Spoon & Tamago. Created by husband-wife team Johnny (Tamago) and Tomomi (Spoon), this … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Paula

Maki Fukuoka Stanford University Press, August 2012. 304 pp. (39 illustrations) ISBN: 9780804777902 Cloth $45 ISBN: 9780804784627 E-book $45.00 The Premise of Fidelity puts forward a new history of Japanese visuality through an examination of the discourses and practices surrounding … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Japan’s Manhole Covers

Posted on August 3, 2012 by LM

Anyone who has visited Japan has surely noticed the manhole covers, which each town and city designs to showcase local sites, famous products, and foods. S. Morita (MRSY) on flicker has gathered and geotagged photos of hundreds of these covers … Continue reading →

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