Japanese art and Utamaro Kitagawa: striking ukiyo-e artist Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The exact date of the birth of Utamaro Kitagawa and strong details about his parents remain shrouded in mystery. It is known that this striking ukiyo-e artist was born in the middle of the eighteenth century and that he died in [...]
Japanese art and history: Yumeji Takehisa, the anarchist Shusui Kotoku and Stalin Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Yumeji Takehisa produced many stunning pieces of art but just like Shusui Kotoku, the revolutionary anarchist, and friend, he was caught up in the world of political intrigues and clashes of culture. His friendship with Shusui Kotoku [...]
Japanese art and Ito Shinsui: bijinga and fashion in stylish art form Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) is a “famous son” of Japanese art because his art is blessed with elegance, sophistication, and serenity. This is equally matched with natural simplicity and adorable color schemes when applied to his images of [...]
Kabuki Stagecraft #1: Now You See It – Now You Don’t Alex Faulkner By toshidama Something which becomes slowly apparent the more that one leafs through ukiyo prints of the nineteenth century, is setting and representation of the business of the stage. Kabuki theatre represents the greatest subject for Japanese woodblock artists of the period and yet [...]
Japanese art and Yumeji Takehisa: Taisho Romanticism and the shadow of Shusui Kotoku Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Yumeji Takehisa produced many stunning pieces of art but he never received the international acclaim that he fully deserved during his lifetime. He was born in 1884 and passed away in 1934 because of illness. Indeed, [...]
Japanese art and Ogata Gekko: ukiyo-e in a changing world to the start of shin-hanga Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Ogata Gekko (1859-1920) lived in a time of great change in Japan because the art world in this country felt the full force of growing technological changes and the increasing lure [...]
Japanese art and Ogata Korin: nearly the “forgotten artist” Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Ogata Korin (1658-1716) was nearly “the forgotten man” of Japanese art until individuals like Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828) brought his art back to life. This is rather surprising given the nature of his individualism and the quality of his [...]
Japanese art and Fujishima Takeji: stunning artist from Kagoshima Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Fujishima Takeji was born in (1867-1943) Kagoshima and during his informative years he learnt brushwork techniques in 1882 from Togaku Hirayama. However, in 1884 Fujishima Takeji moved to Tokyo and at first he studied traditional Japanese painting under Gyokusho Kawabata [...]
Japanese art and Isoda Koryusai: unique background and stunning art Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The ukiyo-e art of Isoda Koryusai highlights the richness of Japanese culture and his unique style and background is a wonder to behold. Indeed, individuals like Koryusai and Nishikawa Sukenobu bless the ukiyo-e art world because of their different [...]
Japanese art and culture: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and ukiyo-e Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was a great innovator within the world of ukiyo-e and he produced around 10,000 prints during his lifetime. Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) was born during a period of rapid change and this applies to the Meiji Restoration of 1868 [...]
Japanese art and Ito Shinsui: bijinga and landscapes Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) left a lasting legacy because he produced many stunning works of art. His art work came to the fore during the Taisho and Showa period in Japan and he became famous for stunning images of beautiful [...]
Japanese art and Yumeji Takehisa: final years of sorrow Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Yumeji Takehisa was born in 1884 and died at the age of 49 in 1934. The last decade of his life was often traumatic and had many moments of bleakness because of natural events and disappointment during his lack of [...]
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