Japanese Art and High Culture
Japanese Art and High Culture Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The esteemed artist Maruyama Ōkyo stands as a quiet revolutionary...
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Japanese Art and Kawase Hasui
Japanese Art and Kawase Hasui Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The esteemed artist Kawase Hasui (1883–1957) stands as a poetic...
Japanese Art and Tomikichiro Tokuriki (Culture Amid War)
Japanese Art and Tomikichiro Tokuriki (Culture Amid War) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The artist Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902–1999) was born in...
Japanese Art and Contrasting Night Scenes
Japanese Art and Contrasting Night Scenes Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Yamamoto Shōun (1870–1965) lived through the shifting...
Japanese Art and Mountain Villages in Winter
Japanese Art and Mountain Villages in Winter Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times All four artworks evoke the quiet...
Japanese Zen Buddhist Poetry and Sesson Yubai (1290-1346)
Japanese Zen Buddhist Poetry and Sesson Yubai (1290-1346) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Zen Buddhist monk Sesson Yūbai (1290–1346)...
Japanese Art and Culture (Eiichi Kotozuka)
Japanese Art and Culture (Eiichi Kotozuka) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Eiichi Kotozuka was born in Osaka in...
Japanese Art and Birds (Culture)
Japanese Art and Birds (Culture) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The first art piece is by Yamaguchi Hoshun (1893–1971), who...
Japanese Art and Sumio Kawakami (Early Sorrow to Militarism)
Japanese Art and Sumio Kawakami (Early Sorrow to Militarism) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Sumio Kawakami (1895–1972)...
Japanese Art and Hanabusa Itchō
Japanese Art and Hanabusa Itchō Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Hanabusa Itchō (1652–1724) emerged in the vibrant yet highly...
Japanese Art and Ideas
Japanese Art and Ideas Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The luminous and ever-evolving genius of Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942) was born...
Japanese Art and Tosa Mitsuoki (Edo Period)
Japanese Art and Tosa Mitsuoki (Edo Period) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Edo period dawned in the early seventeenth...
Japanese Art and Suzuki Shônen (Edo, Meiji, and early Taisho)
Japanese Art and Suzuki Shônen (Edo, Meiji, and early Taisho) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Suzuki Shônen was...
Kyoto Art and Culture – Richness of History
Kyoto Art and Culture – Richness of History Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Few cities in the world...
Japanese Art and Kobayashi Kokei (1883–1957)
Japanese Art and Kobayashi Kokei (1883–1957) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Kobayashi Kokei (1883–1957) was born in Niigata...
Japanese Art and Aoyama Masaharu (Culture)
Japanese Art and Aoyama Masaharu (Culture) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Aoyama Masaharu (also known as Seiji Aoyama) was...
Japan Art and Kato Tetsunosuke
Japan Art and Kato Tetsunosuke Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Kato Tetsunosuke remains a figure glimpsed only...
Japanese Art and Jokata Kaiseki (Mount Fuji)
Japanese Art and Jokata Kaiseki (Mount Fuji) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Jokata Kaiseki (1882–1966) remains a quiet,...
Japanese Art and Eiichi Kotozuka (Buddhism)
Japanese Art and Eiichi Kotozuka (Buddhism) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Eiichi Kotozuka was born in Osaka in...
Japanese Art and Keisen Ikeda
Japanese Art and Keisen Ikeda Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Keisen Ikeda was born in the twilight of...
Ando Hiroshige and Japanese Art
Ando Hiroshige and Japanese Art Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Andō Hiroshige (1797–1858) hails from Japan, and throughout...
Japanese Art and Kawase Hasui (Winter)
Japanese Art and Kawase Hasui (Winter) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kawase Hasui (1883–1957) inhabits the luminous world...
Japanese Art and Hagiwara Hideo
Japanese Art and Hagiwara Hideo Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times By the latter half of the twentieth century,...
Japanese Art and Kaihō Yūshō (Buddhism and Culture)
Japanese Art and Kaihō Yūshō (Buddhism and Culture) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Buddhism profoundly shaped the inner...
Buddhist Compound on the Doorstep of Tokyo (Heirinji in Saitama)
Buddhist Compound on the Doorstep of Tokyo (Heirinji in Saitama) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The delightful Buddhist...
Japanese Culture and Female Warrior of Twelfth-Century (Tomoe Gozen)
Japanese Culture and Female Warrior of Twelfth-Century (Tomoe Gozen) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Tomoe Gozen stands as...
Japanese Art of Hokkaidō and Kato Tetsunosuke
Japanese Art of Hokkaidō and Kato Tetsunosuke Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Kato Tetsunosuke was active between 1925...
Japanese Art and Rinpa (Rimpa)
Japanese Art and Rinpa (Rimpa) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Rinpa art is distinctive because it stands among...
Japanese Art and Mount Fuji by Hokusai
Japanese Art and Mount Fuji by Hokusai Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Mount Fuji rises not merely as...
Japanese Art and Henmi Takashi
Japanese Art and Henmi Takashi Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Henmi Takashi was born in 1895 in Wakayama,...
Prince Ōtsu (663–686) and Japanese Poetry: Sadness Awaits
Prince Ōtsu (663–686) and Japanese Poetry: Sadness Awaits Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Prince Ōtsu (663–686) was born...
Japanese Art and Itō Nisaburō
Japanese Art and Itō Nisaburō Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Itō Nisaburō was born in 1910, in the...
Japanese Art and Hishida Shunsō: Fleeting Life and Birds
Japanese Art and Hishida Shunsō: Fleeting Life and Birds Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The luminous painter Hishida Shunsō (1874–1911)...
Japanese Art and Kobayashi Kokei (Nature)
Japanese Art and Kobayashi Kokei (Nature) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese painter Kobayashi Kokei (1883–1957) was born amid the...
Japanese Art and Deer: Invisible Shinto Kami and Buddhism
Japanese Art and Deer: Invisible Shinto Kami and Buddhism Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sawako Utsumi, a contemporary...
Japanese Art and Kawabata Gyokusho
Japanese Art and Kawabata Gyokusho Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kawabata Gyokusho (1842–1913) was born beneath the waning...