Zen Buddhist Poetry in Japan and Sesson Yubai (1290-1346) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Zen Buddhist monk Sesson Yūbai (1290–1346) belongs to the distant and contemplative […]
Category: Japanese Culture
Japanese Art and Impact of Hokkaido (Kawano Kaoru)
Japanese Art and Impact of Hokkaido (Kawano Kaoru) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The wide, breathing horizons of Hokkaido left an indelible imprint upon the sensibilities of Kawano […]
Japanese Art and Kobayashi Kiyochika
Japanese Art and Kobayashi Kiyochika Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915) is remembered as a quiet poet of light — an artist […]
Japanese Art and Delightful Mix of Birds
Japanese Art and Delightful Mix of Birds Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The celebrated Utagawa Hiroshige was born into the stillness and ritual grace of the […]
Japanese Art and Veneer of Red Mountains by Sawako Utsumi
Japanese Art and Veneer of Red Mountains by Sawako Utsumi Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The art of Sawako Utsumi drapes the world in a luminous […]
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 […]
Zen Buddhist Art: Shunso Joshu
Zen Buddhist Art: Shunso Joshu Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese Zen Buddhist monk Shunso Jōshū, born in the mid-eighteenth century, came of […]
Japan Art and Gyoshū Hayami
Japan Art and Gyoshū Hayami Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The highly esteemed Gyoshū Hayami created a world of quiet wonder within the span of a […]
Japan Art and Utamaro (Birds)
Japan Art and Utamaro (Birds) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) breathed art as if it were the very air of the Edo Period itself — […]
Japan Art and Mixture of Ideas
Japanese Art and Mixture of Ideas Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Ogata Gekkō (1859–1920) emerged in the twilight glow of the Edo world, his formative years […]