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Japanese skincare is less a trend and more a philosophy: A centuries-old ritual that honours not just the skin, but the self.
The style of Japanese woodblock printing known as ukiyo-e (‘images of the floating world’) flourished during the Edo period ...
Given the newfound sexual and social freedoms of the moment, it is in hindsight no surprise that Teraoka eventually turned to traditional Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, among which frank ...
Hokusai and Ukiyo-e: The Floating World will feature paintings and woodblock prints from the Edo Period in Japan, one of the most recognizable of which is Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa." ...
They fall in love with each other, and with ‘floating world’ style Ukiyo-e art from 1600-1800s ... The couple accrued woodblock prints, paintings, sculptures – including those by Hiroshige ...
Feline-friendly public policies are another reason Japan stands out. Local governments and volunteers implement trap-neuter-return programs and organize community efforts to ensure cats are safe, ...
This included the acquisition of woodblock printed materials during his tenure (from 1873 – 93), notably a large single purchase from the London-based dealer S.M. Franck of more than 12,000 Japanese ...
Scholten Japanese Art is participating in Asia Week 2020 with an extraordinary offering of Japanese woodblock prints: The Baron J. Bachofen von Echt Collection of Golden Age Ukiyo-e.
Plate 17 (above) is a beautiful woodblock print of two Bazoku destroying the railway ... He was a print artist from the famous Utagawa family, one of the biggest branch of ukiyo-e artists in Japan; ...
Its collection varies from the ancient stone implements and earthenware to ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) that portray foreigners who lived in Yokohama after the opening of the Port of Yokohama. Special ...