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How The Internet Changed Japanese Woodblock Pri...
By: Richard Wilk, Indiana UniversityBased on a paper presented at the conference "Extreme Collecting: Ethnography of the Ordinary", British Museum, London, 31 January 2008 Introduction How has the Internet changed...
How The Internet Changed Japanese Woodblock Pri...
By: Richard Wilk, Indiana UniversityBased on a paper presented at the conference "Extreme Collecting: Ethnography of the Ordinary", British Museum, London, 31 January 2008 Introduction How has the Internet changed...
The Robin Hood Bandits of Old Japan
One of the most fascinating archetypes in Japanese history is the Otokodate.Otokodate literally means one who stands like a man. But it also translates to a man's man, someone that...
The Robin Hood Bandits of Old Japan
One of the most fascinating archetypes in Japanese history is the Otokodate.Otokodate literally means one who stands like a man. But it also translates to a man's man, someone that...
Ukiyo-e Prints in Honor of Women's Month 2022
The world of Japanese prints is not all about samurai, and compliant geisha. Many woodblock print artists depicted strong, intelligent and exceptional women from history and of the day. In...
Ukiyo-e Prints in Honor of Women's Month 2022
The world of Japanese prints is not all about samurai, and compliant geisha. Many woodblock print artists depicted strong, intelligent and exceptional women from history and of the day. In...
Dissecting A Japanese Print Album
I was recently contacted by Lynette, a woman of Japanese descent, who had inherited an album of woodblock prints from her grandfather. Her grandfather’s name was Katsuki Butsuda, he loved...
Dissecting A Japanese Print Album
I was recently contacted by Lynette, a woman of Japanese descent, who had inherited an album of woodblock prints from her grandfather. Her grandfather’s name was Katsuki Butsuda, he loved...
"Underdogs and Antiheroes" at the Asian Museum ...
We recently visited Washington DC on a 5-day vacation. I searched for any museums that were exhibiting Japanese prints. Fortunately, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art had an exhibit titled "Underdogs...
"Underdogs and Antiheroes" at the Asian Museum ...
We recently visited Washington DC on a 5-day vacation. I searched for any museums that were exhibiting Japanese prints. Fortunately, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art had an exhibit titled "Underdogs...
Kunichika - Master of Red
Unlike most artists of the Media period, Kunichika made use of strong reds, often as background colors, rather than the softer more subtle colors that had been previously used. Contemporary...
Kunichika - Master of Red
Unlike most artists of the Media period, Kunichika made use of strong reds, often as background colors, rather than the softer more subtle colors that had been previously used. Contemporary...