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Delicate ink lines trace a Heian courtier’s sleeve pooling on the floor, while a single red stroke defines a woman’s parted lips. These rubbings preserve the ghostly imprint of woodblock carvings, translating carved depth into flat, luminous space.
How does the absence of color sharpen the eye’s focus on gesture and gaze?
#JapaneseArt #HeianPeriod #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.202.h -
"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums," Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s.
Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) was a practitioner of the Rinpa school of painting; basically images with gold backgrounds, with classical subject matter that catered to the tastes of the wealthy. He wasn't an original Rinpa, which was invented in the 1600s, but he revived it in the 19th century.
Sakai was a popular painter and teacher in his adulthood, but poor health drove him to be a Buddhist priest and live the last 21 years of his life in seclusion. During that time, though, he studied the works of other artists and released a collection of his own work in book form, from this this is taken.
The line down the middle is because this is a two-part screen, for well-off patrons in small city quarters. The contrast of paulownia, a summer flower, with chrysanthemum, an autumn flower, indicates the changing seasons, but in Japanese art paulownia is a symbol for resilience and chrysanthemums for virtuous governance, so it's vaguely political as well.
Happy Flower Friday!
From the Cleveland Museum of Art.
#Art #SakaiHoitu #Rinpa #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #FlowerFriday
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"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums," Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s.
Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) was a practitioner of the Rinpa school of painting; basically images with gold backgrounds, with classical subject matter that catered to the tastes of the wealthy. He wasn't an original Rinpa, which was invented in the 1600s, but he revived it in the 19th century.
Sakai was a popular painter and teacher in his adulthood, but poor health drove him to be a Buddhist priest and live the last 21 years of his life in seclusion. During that time, though, he studied the works of other artists and released a collection of his own work in book form, from this this is taken.
The line down the middle is because this is a two-part screen, for well-off patrons in small city quarters. The contrast of paulownia, a summer flower, with chrysanthemum, an autumn flower, indicates the changing seasons, but in Japanese art paulownia is a symbol for resilience and chrysanthemums for virtuous governance, so it's vaguely political as well.
Happy Flower Friday!
From the Cleveland Museum of Art.
#Art #SakaiHoitu #Rinpa #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #FlowerFriday
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"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums," Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s.
Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) was a practitioner of the Rinpa school of painting; basically images with gold backgrounds, with classical subject matter that catered to the tastes of the wealthy. He wasn't an original Rinpa, which was invented in the 1600s, but he revived it in the 19th century.
Sakai was a popular painter and teacher in his adulthood, but poor health drove him to be a Buddhist priest and live the last 21 years of his life in seclusion. During that time, though, he studied the works of other artists and released a collection of his own work in book form, from this this is taken.
The line down the middle is because this is a two-part screen, for well-off patrons in small city quarters. The contrast of paulownia, a summer flower, with chrysanthemum, an autumn flower, indicates the changing seasons, but in Japanese art paulownia is a symbol for resilience and chrysanthemums for virtuous governance, so it's vaguely political as well.
Happy Flower Friday!
From the Cleveland Museum of Art.
#Art #SakaiHoitu #Rinpa #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #FlowerFriday
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"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums," Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s.
Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) was a practitioner of the Rinpa school of painting; basically images with gold backgrounds, with classical subject matter that catered to the tastes of the wealthy. He wasn't an original Rinpa, which was invented in the 1600s, but he revived it in the 19th century.
Sakai was a popular painter and teacher in his adulthood, but poor health drove him to be a Buddhist priest and live the last 21 years of his life in seclusion. During that time, though, he studied the works of other artists and released a collection of his own work in book form, from this this is taken.
The line down the middle is because this is a two-part screen, for well-off patrons in small city quarters. The contrast of paulownia, a summer flower, with chrysanthemum, an autumn flower, indicates the changing seasons, but in Japanese art paulownia is a symbol for resilience and chrysanthemums for virtuous governance, so it's vaguely political as well.
Happy Flower Friday!
From the Cleveland Museum of Art.
#Art #SakaiHoitu #Rinpa #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #FlowerFriday
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"Paulownias and Chrysanthemums," Sakai Hōitsu, early 1800s.
Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1829) was a practitioner of the Rinpa school of painting; basically images with gold backgrounds, with classical subject matter that catered to the tastes of the wealthy. He wasn't an original Rinpa, which was invented in the 1600s, but he revived it in the 19th century.
Sakai was a popular painter and teacher in his adulthood, but poor health drove him to be a Buddhist priest and live the last 21 years of his life in seclusion. During that time, though, he studied the works of other artists and released a collection of his own work in book form, from this this is taken.
The line down the middle is because this is a two-part screen, for well-off patrons in small city quarters. The contrast of paulownia, a summer flower, with chrysanthemum, an autumn flower, indicates the changing seasons, but in Japanese art paulownia is a symbol for resilience and chrysanthemums for virtuous governance, so it's vaguely political as well.
Happy Flower Friday!
From the Cleveland Museum of Art.
#Art #SakaiHoitu #Rinpa #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #FlowerFriday
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The #Museum for #EastAsianArt in #Cologne is currently also running a special exhibition called "Living Images. #Buddhist rituals in #Chinese, #Japanese, and #KoreanArt". Unlike many #museum presentations that treat Buddhist objects primarily as stylistic or iconographic achievements, this show puts religious practice first. Here's a short report on what I found most interesting about it:
#WeekendStories #ChineseArt #JapaneseArt #BuddhistArt #Buddhism
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The #Museum for #EastAsianArt in #Cologne is currently also running a special exhibition called "Living Images. #Buddhist rituals in #Chinese, #Japanese, and #KoreanArt". Unlike many #museum presentations that treat Buddhist objects primarily as stylistic or iconographic achievements, this show puts religious practice first. Here's a short report on what I found most interesting about it:
#WeekendStories #ChineseArt #JapaneseArt #BuddhistArt #Buddhism
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The #Museum for #EastAsianArt in #Cologne is currently also running a special exhibition called "Living Images. #Buddhist rituals in #Chinese, #Japanese, and #KoreanArt". Unlike many #museum presentations that treat Buddhist objects primarily as stylistic or iconographic achievements, this show puts religious practice first. Here's a short report on what I found most interesting about it:
#WeekendStories #ChineseArt #JapaneseArt #BuddhistArt #Buddhism
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The #Museum for #EastAsianArt in #Cologne is currently also running a special exhibition called "Living Images. #Buddhist rituals in #Chinese, #Japanese, and #KoreanArt". Unlike many #museum presentations that treat Buddhist objects primarily as stylistic or iconographic achievements, this show puts religious practice first. Here's a short report on what I found most interesting about it:
#WeekendStories #ChineseArt #JapaneseArt #BuddhistArt #Buddhism
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The #Museum for #EastAsianArt in #Cologne is currently also running a special exhibition called "Living Images. #Buddhist rituals in #Chinese, #Japanese, and #KoreanArt". Unlike many #museum presentations that treat Buddhist objects primarily as stylistic or iconographic achievements, this show puts religious practice first. Here's a short report on what I found most interesting about it:
#WeekendStories #ChineseArt #JapaneseArt #BuddhistArt #Buddhism
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The tiger’s fur ripples in swift, parallel strokes, as if caught mid-gust. Its crouched posture anchors the wind’s unseen force—calligraphy and creature bound by the same restless energy.
How does the tension between stillness and motion shape the tiger’s gaze?
#JapaneseArt #InkPainting #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.232 -
'Crane and Rising Sun' - Soga Shohaku, ca. mid 1700s. #JapaneseArt
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'Kanasugi Bridge, Shibaura' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
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A Japanese restorer is playing a major part in a project at a state museum in the historic German city of Dresden to shine a spotlight again on ukiyo-e traditional woodblock print and other long-buried Japanese artworks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/ukiyoe-restorer-germany/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japaneseart #germany #dresden #katsushikahokusai
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By Japanese artist Keika Hasegawa (active 1892-1905), Chrysanthemum, 1893, color woodblock, 36.9 × 31.4 cm (image) 43.3 × 31.6 cm (sheet), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. #arthistory #printmaking #art #JapaneseArt
From Panteek Antique Prints: “In Japan, the chrysanthemum, or kiku, is the symbol of the sun, perfection, long life, power and nobility. The official flower of Japan and the seal of the Imperial family it is also the insignia on every Japanese passport.”
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By Japanese artist Keika Hasegawa (active 1892-1905), Chrysanthemum, 1893, color woodblock, 36.9 × 31.4 cm (image) 43.3 × 31.6 cm (sheet), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. #arthistory #printmaking #art #JapaneseArt
From Panteek Antique Prints: “In Japan, the chrysanthemum, or kiku, is the symbol of the sun, perfection, long life, power and nobility. The official flower of Japan and the seal of the Imperial family it is also the insignia on every Japanese passport.”
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By Japanese artist Keika Hasegawa (active 1892-1905), Chrysanthemum, 1893, color woodblock, 36.9 × 31.4 cm (image) 43.3 × 31.6 cm (sheet), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. #arthistory #printmaking #art #JapaneseArt
From Panteek Antique Prints: “In Japan, the chrysanthemum, or kiku, is the symbol of the sun, perfection, long life, power and nobility. The official flower of Japan and the seal of the Imperial family it is also the insignia on every Japanese passport.”
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By Japanese artist Keika Hasegawa (active 1892-1905), Chrysanthemum, 1893, color woodblock, 36.9 × 31.4 cm (image) 43.3 × 31.6 cm (sheet), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. #arthistory #printmaking #art #JapaneseArt
From Panteek Antique Prints: “In Japan, the chrysanthemum, or kiku, is the symbol of the sun, perfection, long life, power and nobility. The official flower of Japan and the seal of the Imperial family it is also the insignia on every Japanese passport.”
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By Japanese artist Keika Hasegawa (active 1892-1905), Chrysanthemum, 1893, color woodblock, 36.9 × 31.4 cm (image) 43.3 × 31.6 cm (sheet), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. #arthistory #printmaking #art #JapaneseArt
From Panteek Antique Prints: “In Japan, the chrysanthemum, or kiku, is the symbol of the sun, perfection, long life, power and nobility. The official flower of Japan and the seal of the Imperial family it is also the insignia on every Japanese passport.”
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'Tsutaya and Red Gate' - Nishijima Katsuyuki #ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
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Ahead of a Tokyo exhibition to celebrate the 360th year of the Ohi ware school of ceramics, the 11th head of the acclaimed family of artisans describes how continuing his legacy means adapting to a new generation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/05/12/style-design/ceramics-ohi-chozaemon-xi-japanese-crafts-360th-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #styledesign #japanesecrafts #pottery #exhibitions #japaneseart #ohiware #ohichozaemonxi
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Ahead of a Tokyo exhibition to celebrate the 360th year of the Ohi ware school of ceramics, the 11th head of the acclaimed family of artisans describes how continuing his legacy means adapting to a new generation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/05/12/style-design/ceramics-ohi-chozaemon-xi-japanese-crafts-360th-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #styledesign #japanesecrafts #pottery #exhibitions #japaneseart #ohiware #ohichozaemonxi
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Ahead of a Tokyo exhibition to celebrate the 360th year of the Ohi ware school of ceramics, the 11th head of the acclaimed family of artisans describes how continuing his legacy means adapting to a new generation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/05/12/style-design/ceramics-ohi-chozaemon-xi-japanese-crafts-360th-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #styledesign #japanesecrafts #pottery #exhibitions #japaneseart #ohiware #ohichozaemonxi
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Ahead of a Tokyo exhibition to celebrate the 360th year of the Ohi ware school of ceramics, the 11th head of the acclaimed family of artisans describes how continuing his legacy means adapting to a new generation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/05/12/style-design/ceramics-ohi-chozaemon-xi-japanese-crafts-360th-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #styledesign #japanesecrafts #pottery #exhibitions #japaneseart #ohiware #ohichozaemonxi
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The tiger’s claws grip jagged rock as its body coils through swirling ink clouds. Sesson’s brushwork merges Korean ferocity with Chinese cosmological balance—what tension lingers in the dragon’s unseen gaze?
#JapaneseArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt #EastAsianPainting
https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.136.2 -
In Jan. this year, I visited the #Museum for #EastAsianArt in #Cologne, where I have seen the the exhibition "Celebrating the #LunarYear of the #horse". The exhibition brings together works from #China, #Tibet, #Korea, and #Japan to explore the cultural history of the horse in #EastAsia, coinciding with the Lunar Year of the Horse. In this post, I summarize my impressions and insights from the exhibition:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2026/2026-05-09_year_of_the_horse/
#WeekendStories #ChineseArt #KoreanArt #JapaneseArt #TibetanArt
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'Eye to Eye' - Yoshida Tsukasa. #Caturday #JapaneseArt
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A standing figure in pale ink cradles a woven basket, robes pooling in delicate folds around bare feet. The calligraphy’s rhythmic strokes anchor the divine presence—perhaps mercy suspended in stillness.
What detail in the basket’s weave suggests movement?
#JapaneseArt #BuddhistArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.465 -
'Hanando of the Ogiya, Kamuro Momiji and Sakura' - Kikugawa Eizan, 1809-13. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
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A magnifying lens cradled in gilded tendrils of metal unfurls like seaweed caught in a slow current. This jewel’s power lies not in light refracted, but in the suggestion of unseen depths—what might those swirling vines conceal beneath their polished surface?
#JapaneseArt #ClevelandMuseumofArt #Okimono
https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.682 -
Fish and Octopus by Itō Jakuchū, from Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings), c. 1765
(Thanks to @raybaptist for alerting me to this one!)
#ItōJakuchū #Japan #Edo #art #JapaneseArt #JapaneseArtists #1700s #fish #octopus #FishArt #OctopusArt
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Fish and Octopus by Itō Jakuchū, from Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings), c. 1765
(Thanks to @raybaptist for alerting me to this one!)
#ItōJakuchū #Japan #Edo #art #JapaneseArt #JapaneseArtists #1700s #fish #octopus #FishArt #OctopusArt
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Fish and Octopus by Itō Jakuchū, from Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings), c. 1765
(Thanks to @raybaptist for alerting me to this one!)
#ItōJakuchū #Japan #Edo #art #JapaneseArt #JapaneseArtists #1700s #fish #octopus #FishArt #OctopusArt
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Fish and Octopus by Itō Jakuchū, from Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings), c. 1765
(Thanks to @raybaptist for alerting me to this one!)
#ItōJakuchū #Japan #Edo #art #JapaneseArt #JapaneseArtists #1700s #fish #octopus #FishArt #OctopusArt
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Fish and Octopus by Itō Jakuchū, from Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings), c. 1765
(Thanks to @raybaptist for alerting me to this one!)
#ItōJakuchū #Japan #Edo #art #JapaneseArt #JapaneseArtists #1700s #fish #octopus #FishArt #OctopusArt
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'Shrine Gate Pass at Rokusozan in Kazusa Province' from the series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1852. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection. #ToriiTuesday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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'Great Lantern at Sensoji Temple' - Kasamatsu Shiro, 1934. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga
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Your art history post for today: by Hasui Kawase 川瀬 巴水 (Japanese, 1883–1957), Azalea Garden, 1935, color woodblock print. As a print, it appears in many collections, both public and private. #arthistory #JapaneseArt #woodblocks #printmaking
From Newfields, a Place for Nature & the Arts: “From 1900 to the 1950s, Hasui was one of the most prolific and popular landscape artists working in Japan. In 1953 the Japanese Government decided to designate Hasui a Living National Treasure. Much of Hasui's work was aimed at an overseas audience, yet his prints unfailingly capture the lyricism and beauty of Japan.”
From me, a word about the tan discoloration of the border. This is called “mat burn.” From The Conservation Center, Chicago: “Mat burn is a darkening due to an artwork being in proximity to an acidic mat, so the discoloration will be at the margins (and often in a rectangular shape) on the front and often overall on the back of an artwork. Poor quality mats made from paper with heavy wood pulp content is chemically unstable and acidic. The wood pulp decomposes over time, releasing acid which migrates into the absorbent paper of the artwork.” So, whenever you have a work on paper framed, be sure to specify acid free backing and mat. Yes, it’s a bit more expensive. But worth it.
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The tiger’s arched spine and taut haunches press into the paper, its claws splayed against an unseen storm. Ink bleeds where wind might tear at fur, yet the calligraphy above anchors the beast in quiet poetry.
What weight does the red seal carry—devotion, or the ghost of a patron’s voice?
#JapaneseArt #InkPainting #ClevelandMuseumofArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.232 -
DesignBohemian: designbohemian.com Japanese Art Suikoden - Japanese Warrior 26 x 36 inch Tapestry https://designbohemian.com/products/japanese-art-suikoden-japanese-warrior-11133?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #JapaneseArt #Suikoden #Tapestry #HomeDecor #WallArt
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DesignBohemian: designbohemian.com Japanese Dragon Tapestry - Ukiyo-e Style Wall Art (26x36") https://designbohemian.com/products/japanese-dragon-tapestry-ukiyo-e-style-18873?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #JapaneseArt #Ukiyoe #WallArt #HomeDecor #DragonTapestry
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DesignBohemian: designbohemian.com Japanese Dragon Tapestry – Ogata Gekko Art, Ryu Sho Ten https://designbohemian.com/products/japanese-dragon-tapestry-ogata-gekko-22263?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #JapaneseArt #DragonTapestry #OgataGekko #HomeDecor #WallArt
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DesignBohemian: designbohemian.com Japanese Raven Print - Crow and Flowers Poster - Vintage https://designbohemian.com/products/japanese-raven-print-crow-and-flowers-92035?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ArtPrints #WallArt #HomeDecor #VintageArt #JapaneseArt
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'Gold Fish' - Komori Soseki, ca. 1920s. #JapaneseArt #shinhanga
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'Miya: Gate of the Atsuta Shrine' from the series 'The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1850-51. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection. #ToriiTuesday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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'The God Of Pestilence' (and presumably some of his mates) by Shigeru Mizuki. #weird #weirdart #JapaneseArt #yokai
