Tag: Japan
Tale of Strange Marriage (Konkai Zoshi)
Title: Tale of Strange Marriage (Konkai Zoshi) Artist: Ukita Ikkei Date: ca. 1858 Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art Culture: Japanese, Edo Period (1615 –…
Shōrin-zu byōbu (Pine Trees)
Title: Pine Trees (Shorin-zu-byobu)Creator: Hasegawa TōhakuLocation: JapanMaterial/Medium: Ink on paper, diptych, screen wallDate: 1568-1600Culture: Japanese ZenDimension: Each panel 156.8 × 356 cm (61.73…
A Long Tale for an Autumn Night
Title: A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari)Creator: UnidentifiedMedium: HandscrollMaterial: Ink, color, and gold on paperDate:…
Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine (Kitano Tenjin engi emaki)
Title: Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine (Kitano Tenjin engi emaki)Period: Kamakura period (1185–1333)Date: late 13th centuryCulture: JapanMedium: Set of five handscrolls; ink, color,…
Old Plum
Title: Old Plum Creator: Kano Sansetsu Medium: Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper Date:…
Waves at Matsushima
Title: Waves at MatsushimaCreator: Tawaraya SōtatsuMaterial/Medium: Ink, gold, and silver on paperDate: ca 1611-1643Culture: Edo periodDimension: 166 x 369.9 cmRepository:…
Waves at Matsushima
Title: Waves at MatsushimaCreator: Tawaraya SotatsuPeriod: Edo, 17th centuryLocation: JapanType: Screens (six-panel)Medium: Ink, color, gold, and silver on paperDimensions: 65…
Japanese funeral customs: the cortège proceeds towards the temple
Title: Japanese funeral customs: the cortège proceeds towards the templeCreator: UnknownPeriod: MeijiDate: c. 1880Culture: JapanMedium: ink, watercolor, gouacheDimensions: 13.7 x…
Old Plum Japanese Screen
Four sliding door panels are very popular in Edo period Japan to not only decorate the home but tell a…
Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond
Title: Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond (at Veno Park, Tokyo) Creator: Shiro Kasamatsu Date: 1932 Culture: Japanese Medium: Color…
Misty Evening at Edge of Shinobazu Pond
Location : Veno Park, TokyoCulture: JapaneseMedium: Color WoodcutDimensions: 15 1/4” x 10 1/4” Description: Shiro Kasamatsu’s woodcut print, Misty Evening…
Kajikazawa
Title: KajikazawaCreator: Katsushika HokusaiPeriod: Late Edo PeriodDate: 1830-32Culture: JapaneseMedium: color woodcut, ink on paperDimensions: 24 x 37 cmRepository: Shain Library…
Hiroshige II
Title: Hiroshige II Location: Views of Tokaido Culture: Asian Medium: Dimensions: Repository: Connecticut College Asian Art Collection Prof.Caroline Black Description:…
A Shoal of Fishes
Title: A Shoal of FishesCreator: Hiroshige, AndoCulture: JapaneseWork Type: color woodcutMaterial/Medium: ink on paperDate: 1840Measurements: Image 26 x 36 cmRepository:…
Standing Woman
Creator: Utagawa ToyokuniCulture: JapaneseTitle: Geisha and kikyo flowers (Standing Woman)Work Type: Color WoodcutDate: 1830-36Repository: Wetmore Print Collection, Art History Dept,…
Dancer as Sagimusume
Title: Dancer as SagimusumeCreator: KokyoMedium: color woodcut, print Dimensions: 39 x 25 cmRepository: Wetmore Print Collection, Art History Dept, Cummings Arts Center,…
Untitled Kabuki Print of Female Impersonator
Creator: KUNICHIKA, Japanese Title: Untitled Work Type: color woodcut Material: ink on paper Measurements: Image: 34 x 24 cm Repository:…
Five White Egrets
Title: Five White EgretsCreator: Ohara KosonMedium: Color woodcutRepository: Black Collection of Japanese Prints (Connecticut College ASIAN Art Collection)Date: 1927Culture: Japanese Dimension: 265mm…
Geisha and kikyo flowers (Standing Woman)
Title: Geisha and kikyo flowers (Standing Woman)Creator: Utagawa ToyokuniDate: 1830-36Location: Connecticut College, Caroline Black Collection of Japanese WoodcutsCulture: JapaneseMedium: Color Woodcut…
Hokusai Seeking the Mountain
The 18th-19th century Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai, created each of the prints included in this exhibition as a part of…
Kajikazawa in Kai Province
Title(s): Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Kōshū Kajikazawa), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) Creator: Katsushika Hokusai Date: About…
Modern Traditionalism in Architecture: Kenzo Tange’s Early Work
After the end of World War II, Japan saw drastic changes in many important elements of society including the economy,…
Surface of the Water at Misaka in Kai Province
Title(s): Surface of the Water at Misaka in Kai Province; Reflection in Lake at Misaka in Kai Province (Kōshū Misaka…
Rainstorm Beneath the Summit
Title(s): Rainstorm Beneath the Summit; Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit; Shower Below the Summit (Sanka hakuu), from the series Thirty-six Views of…
Transparent and Weightless: The Ethereal Architecture of Kazuyo Sejima
Carine DeBenedittis Exhibit Overview This exhibit examines three structures designed by SANAA, an architecture studio co-founded by the contemporary Japanese…
River Building at Grace Farms
Carine DeBenedittis Location: Connecticut, USA Date: 2015 Materials: wood, metal, glass Image link (1): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grace_Farms_11_-_view_of_the_serpentine_design_of_the_%22River_Building%22_complex_by_SANAA.jpg Image link (2): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retreat_at_Grace_Farms,_CT_in_the_fall_of_2018._(32096657517).jpg Like…
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009
Carine DeBenedittis Location: London, UK Date: 2009 Material: aluminum, other metals Image link (1): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Serpentine_Gallery_2009_Pavilion.JPG Image link (2): https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/AWSS35953_35953_29401333 This…
Koga Park Café
Carine DeBenedittis Location: Ibaraki, Japan Date: 1996-1998 Materials: stainless steel, glass Image link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Koga_Park_Café.jpg The Koga Park Café includes many…
The Philosophy of Solitude in Japanese Zen Buddhist Landscape Painting
Wesoly Hanger – AHI 205 My goal in the exhibition and analysis of these artworks is to showcase the simple,…
All Eyes on Murakami: Takashi Murakami and the ‘Superflat’ Take on Japanese Culture, Past and Present
Jason Houle and Hana Tanabe Exhibit Overview Born in 1962, Takashi Murakami grew up in a postwar Japanese society –…
Murakami – wink
Creator: Takashi Murakami Title: wink Work Type: Paintings Date: 2001 Location: Exhibited at Marianne Boesky Gallery, Spring 2001 Material: Acrylic…
Murakami – Jellyfish Eyes Cream
Creator: Takashi Murakami Title: Jellyfish Eyes Cream Work Type: Paintings Date: 2001 Location: Exhibited at Marianne Boesky Gallery, Spring 2001…
Murakami – Melting DOB D
Creator: Takashi Murakami Title: Melting DOB D Work Type: Paintings Date: 2001 Location: Exhibited at Brooklyn Museum of Art, Spring…
Murakami -Untitled Mushrooms and Flowers
Creator : Takashi Murakami Title: Untitled Work Type: Paintings Date: 2000 Location: Exhibited at Marianne Boesky Gallery, Fall 2000 Material:…
Murakami – Castle of Tin Tin
Creator: Takashi Murakami Title: The Castle of Tin Tin Work Type: Paintings Date: 1998 Location:exhibited at Brooklyn Museum of Art,…
Murakami – Mushroom Bomb
Creator: Takashi Murakami Title: Mushroom Bomb Work Type: Paintings Date: 2001 Location: Exhibited at Marianne Boesky Gallery, Spring2001 Material: acrylic…
Ohara Koson Art
Ohara Koson, a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Ohara Koson was…
“Hokusai’s Great Waves in Nineteenth-Century Japanese Visual Culture.”
By Christine M. E. Guth https://www.jstor.org/stable/23208270 KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the Great Wave off…
From Traditionalists Katsushika Hokusai and Zhang Daqian, To Post-War Masters Willem de Kooning, Zao Wou-Ki, Josef Albers, and Yves Klein.
Eastern and Western aesthetics in painting evoking emotion, abstraction and explosiveness in color and nature By: Isabella Di Scipio Each…
Ohara Koson “Cat and Bowl of Goldfish”
A woodblock print by Ohara Koson, the print depicts a cat in a serious watching pose near a bowl of…
Ohara Koson “Cockatoo on Pomegranate”
Painted by Ohara Koson, Cockatoo on Pomegranate is just that – a lifelike impression painted on a color woodblock print….
Ohara Koson “Monkey reaching for the Moon”
In this piece of art, the image depicted is of a monkey reaching into a pond hoping to grab the…
Scene From Naval Battles in the Sino Japanese War
Creator: Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915?), Matsumoto Heikichi (woodcarver)Date Created: 1894Location: JapanPhysical Dimensions: 47 x 82.5 cmMedium: Woodblock Print on PaperPeriod: Meiji…
Monsters, Water, and War: Beasts and Battles in Japanese Art and Culture
The exhibition Monsters, Water, and War examines the influence of folk tales and military history on the art and culture…
