Japanese Art and Culture by Uehara Kōnen
Japanese Art and Culture by Uehara Kōnen Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Uehara Kōnen was born in Tokyo during the transformative years of the Meiji Restoration,…
Japanese Art and Nature by Kobayashi Kokei
Japanese Art and Nature by Kobayashi Kokei Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese painter Kobayashi Kokei (1883–1957) was born amid the snow-laden landscapes of Niigata Prefecture, where long…
Japan Art and Tomikichiro Tokuriki (Culture Amid War)
Japan Art and Tomikichiro Tokuriki (Culture Amid War) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902–1999) was born in the cultural city of Kyoto. Accordingly, it is…
Japanese Art and Impact of Chinese Culture (Hashimoto Kansetsu)
Japanese Art and Impact of Chinese Culture (Hashimoto Kansetsu) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Hashimoto Kansetsu (1883–1945) possessed a profound admiration for the countless cultural and…
Zen Buddhist Art in Japan: Shunso Joshu
Zen Buddhist Art in Japan: Shunso Joshu Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese Zen Buddhist monk Shunso Jōshū, born in the mid-eighteenth century, came of age in an…
Japanese Art and Deer
Japanese Art and Deer Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Maekawa Senpan (1888–1960) initially studied oil painting under the renowned Asai Chū and other respected instructors at the Kansai Art…
Contemporary Japanese Artist (Transcendental Skyline and Buddhism)
Contemporary Japanese Artist (Transcendental Skyline and Buddhism) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sawako Utsumi is a contemporary Japanese artist who frequently pays homage to both Japanese and European masters.…
Japanese Art and Aesthetics – Maruyama Ōkyo
Japanese Art and Aesthetics – Maruyama Ōkyo Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795) emerged as one of the most innovative and influential artists of the Edo period,…
Japan Art and the Fleeting Life of Birds by Hishida Shunsō
Japan Art and the Fleeting Life of Birds by Hishida Shunsō Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The luminous painter Hishida Shunsō (1874–1911) belonged to the final, restless decades of…
Japan Art and Watanabe Shikō (1683–1755)
Japan Art and Watanabe Shikō (1683–1755) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Watanabe Shikō (1683–1755) revealed a rare artistic sensitivity from an early age, his vision shaped within the refined…