Tattoo Sleeves Instant Kabuki By toshidama The adjacent photograph shows a relatively new trend for very cheap, disposable tattoo sleeves… to what end, I’m not sure. I thought I’d try one on in the interests of researching the fashion in the kabuki theatre for representing heroes and villains illustrated in ukiyo-e prints and later imitated by huge [...]
Tokyo and Osaka Fashion News: Gucci and Luxury Market Optimistic in 2013 Kanako Itamae and Michel Lebon Modern Tokyo Times Japan is internationally famous within the fashion sector for being very dynamic when it comes to the luxury fashion market. After all, even during a long period of mainly stagnation to little growth the [...]
Kuniyoshi and Japanese Art: Tranquility During a Period of Rapid Change Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Utagawa Kuniyoshi like many ukiyo-e artists tackled the usual themes of the “floating world.” However, Kuniyoshi really came alive when focusing on mystical tales and Japanese folklore. Yet this article is based on glimpses of tranquility and the [...]
America, the European Union and the Strange Economic Reality of Japan Pierre Leblanc and Hiroshi Saito Modern Tokyo Times Japan for the last twenty years was the nation to kick and look down at with disdain in the economic arena because the American model was deemed to be dynamic, flexible and based on market principles. [...]
Japanese Culture and Art in Full Bloom: Isoda Koryusai Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790) produced many stunning pieces of art related to culture, females, norms within high culture, and other important areas. Unlike most ukiyo-e artists, Isoda Koryusai was born into an elite samurai household and this aspect certainly influenced his [...]
Okubi-e Portraits By toshidama Okubi-e refers to the distinctive large head to frame ratio of certain ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock print) portraits from eighteenth and nineteenth century Japan. There’s no strict definition here as to what constitutes a portrait as separate to an okubi-e, although there perhaps should be. Much of Japanese woodblock print production was [...]
South Korean Fashion in Japan: Mixxo in the Footsteps of Forever 21, H&M and Zara Ri Kuk-Chol and Sarah Deschamps Modern Tokyo Times Throughout Japan major fashion brands like Forever 21, H&M and Zara continue to attract much attention because all three companies are highly desired by hip fashion lovers. The above three brands provide a [...]
Art, Industrial Landscapes and France: L.S. Lowry, Oka Shikanosuke and Henri Rousseau Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The British artist L.S. Lowry (1887-1976) and Oka Shikanosuke (1898-1978) from Japan belong to the same period of history but both artists were influenced by different individuals. Also, the internal situations in both nations, religious differences, development [...]
Japanese God of Fortune and Ainu Kindness: Ebisu the Disabled Child Defeated Adversity Tomoko Hara Modern Tokyo Times Ebisu in old Japan was known by the name of Hiruko which means “leech child” and it is clear that during his early childhood he faced many severe problems. According to Japanese mythology Ebisu came into the [...]
Japanese Art and European Modernism: Kamisaka Sekka and Beauty within Simplicity Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942) lived in a very fascinating period of history in Japan and likewise his art encompasses much about the inner-struggles of this nation. He was only two years old when the Meiji Restoration of [...]
Japanese Fashion and Vogue: Young and Over Thin Model Changes 1 Year Later in July 2013 Tomoko Hara and Sarah Deschamps Modern Tokyo Times In the middle of 2012 last year Vogue issued new guidelines whereby over thin models would no longer fit the bill. The other major guideline which stood out was that [...]
Japanese Art and Yamamoto Shoun: Adorable Artist Born in Kochi (1870-1965) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods of Japanese history were extremely dynamic and chaotic because you have many bright periods followed by dark moments in history. However, just like the phoenix rises, then in the final years of [...]
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