Woodblock printing originated in China in the Tang dynasty and spread to Japan. So why did it become more culturally prominent and enduring in Japan?…
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Ukiyo-e, Pictures of the Floating World—Part 3
Unlike a Western painting masterpiece, one can find many different prints of a famous Ukiyo-e woodblock print. There is the first edition and later editions.…
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Ukiyo-e, Pictures of the Floating World—Part 2
It is important to know that a woodblock print is not the sole effort of the artist, Hiroshige or Hokusai, whose name appears on it.…
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Ukiyo-e, Pictures of the Floating World—Part 1
Popular during the Edo period (1615–1868), Ukiyo-e is a term for the beautiful Japanese art of woodblock prints of nature, landscapes, and people. Ukiyo-e literally…
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China The Three Emperors – Part 1
The cover for the catalog of the famous exhibition of treasures from the Palace Museum of Beijing in the Royal Academy of Arts, London, held…
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Voyages of Discovery
There are 2 famous voyages of discovery in history. They are the Lewis and Clark’s Corp of Discovery across the American West [ 1804- 1806]…
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The Three Perfections
The Three Perfections, or Three Incomparables refer to the poetry, calligraphy and the painting on a Chinese painting. This slim book of 64 page is…
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Excellent books
5 excellent books which I bought at Kinokuniya KLCC last Sunday. Two are on Japanese wood block prints. They give a good picture of this…
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Genji’s Visual Odyssey
The Tale of Genji is a tale composed by a Japanese court lady during the fabulous Heian period. No other work of literature pre and…
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Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer’s oeuvre consists of a mere 36 paintings. But the sheer quality of these paintings resulted in the current exhibition of 28 of his…
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