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Japan art and Watanabe Shiko (1683-1755)
Japan art and Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755) was gifted from a very young age. One can only imagine how the cultural...
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Japan art and Imao Keinen (1845-1923)
Japan art and Imao Keinen (1845-1923) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Imao Keinen (1845-1923) is famous for kacho-e art (birds and flowers). From a young age, Keinen studied...
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Japan art and Maekawa Senpan: Bathhouse to landscapes
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Japan art and Nara
Japan art and Nara Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The delightful city of Nara is the birthplace of Japanese high culture. It is where Buddhism became the “guardian of the state” under Emperor...
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Japan art and Matsuoka Eikyū: Grand Shinto Shrine of Ise
Japan art and Matsuoka Eikyū: Grand Shinto Shrine of Ise Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Matsuoka Eikyū (1881-1938) was born in the prefecture of Hyogo. Several of his brothers...
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Japan art and Ito Nisaburo: Autumn leaves to Shinto
Japan art and Ito Nisaburo: Autumn leaves to Shinto Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Nisaburo Ito was born in 1910 during the last few years of the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912)....
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Japan art and Henmi Takashi: Taisho and Showa periods
Japan art and Henmi Takashi: Taisho and Showa periods Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Henmi Takashi (1895-1944) was born in Wakayama in the Kansai region. However, he studied in...
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Japan art and rinpa: Nakamura Hochu and Korin Gafu
Japan art and rinpa: Nakamura Hochu and Korin Gafu Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Nakamura Hochu was born in the eighteenth century and died in 1819. Sadly, little is known...
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Japan art and Koichi Okumura: Snow and Mount Fuji
Japan art and Koichi Okumura: Snow and Mount Fuji Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Koichi Okumura (1904-1974) was a 20th-century print designer and landscape artist. He was born...
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Japan art and Eiichi Kotozuka: Kyoto, Shinto, and snow
Japan art and Eiichi Kotozuka: Kyoto, Shinto, and snow Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Eiichi Kotozuka was born in the late Meiji Period (1868-1912). This was a period of rapid...
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Japan art and Kawase Hasui: Nara and Buddhism, Shinto, and nature
Japan art and Kawase Hasui: Nara and Buddhism, Shinto, and nature Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) belongs to the world of Shin-Hanga (New Prints). In...
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Japan art and Ki Baitei: Literati movement
Japan art and Ki Baitei (1734-1810): Literati movement Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The literati movement in Japan appealed to Ki Baitei (1734-1810). Accordingly, with his mentor being the...
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Japan art and Shima Seien: Taisho era and female suffering
Japan art and Shima Seien: Taisho era and female suffering Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Shima Seien was born during the Meiji Period (1868-1912). However, the three art pieces...
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Japan art and Maekawa Senpan
Japan art and Maekawa Senpan Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Maekawa Senpan (1888-1960) was born during the Meiji Period (1868-1912). Initially, he studied oil painting under the acclaimed Asai Chū...
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Japan art and Buddhism: China, Kukai, and Koyasan
Japan art and Buddhism: China, Kukai, and Koyasan Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kukai (774-835), known as Kobo Daishi, established the first monastery in the ninth century on Mount Koya...
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Japan art Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755)
Japan art Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The acclaimed Japanese artist Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755) remains a mystery. This concerns limited information and a wide array of...
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Japan Art and the War Period: Kobayakawa Shusei and loyalty
Japan Art and the War Period: Kobayakawa Shusei and loyalty Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Kobayakawa Shūsei (1885-1974) was born in Hyogo Prefecture. Accordingly, he witnessed...
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Japan Art and Rakusan Tsuchiya: Birds, Flowers, and Plants
Japan Art and Rakusan Tsuchiya: Birds, Flowers, and Plants Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Rakusan (Rakuzan) Tsuchiya was born in the prefecture of Hyogo. He focused on the...
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Rinpa Art and the Rich Japanese Cultural Legacy
Rinpa Art and the Rich Japanese Cultural Legacy Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Rinpa art is distinctive because it is one of the few indigenous art forms to be connected to Japanese high culture....
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Japan Art and Nomura Yoshimitsu
Japan Art and Nomura Yoshimitsu Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Nomura Yoshimitsu (1870-1958) was born during the early Meiji Period. He focused on shin hanga(new prints)...
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