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Japanese art history - from the Momoyama (1573-1603) to the Heisei Period (since 1989)
Japanese Art History Part Two
A little introduction to Japanese art periods and Japanese art history - from the Yomon period to the Muromachi period (until 1573)
Japanese Art History Part One
By Peter Ujlaki, reprinted from Daruma magazine # 26.
Heaps of Fun with Hikifuda
Masami Teraoka mixes traditional ukiyo-e style elements with contemporary issues like AIDS or the increasing dominance of computers.
Masami Teraoka - His ukiyo-e works
The origins of ukiyo-e - a synonym for Japanese woodblock prints - go back to the middle of the 17th century. Ukiyo-e means literally translated pictures of the floating world.
Tips for Beginning Collectors of Ukiyo-e
Collecting Japanese art has a long tradition in Western countries. This article is a basic introduction to some of the most popular Japanese art objects.
Collecting Japanese Art
This article deals with the printmaking process, the dyes and the papers used for Japanese prints. The old tradition is still alive and used for high quality reproductions of famous masters or modern Japanese prints.
Japanese Prints
Ukiyo-e means literally floating world picture and is the general term for a genre of Japanese woodblock prints produced between the seventeenth and the twentieth century.
Ukiyo-e - Japanese prints
The prints depicting scenes from the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895 and the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905 are called "war prints". Today they are collectors' items and interesting historical documents of Japan's period of imperialism.
Japanese War Prints
A conversion Table for the Japanese and Western Calendar.
Japanese Calendar - Conversion Table