This tiny island within easy reach of Tokyo is dedicated to the goddess of music and entertainment. Here it’s shown in ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings.
Hokusai
When did spiders and their webs first start appearing as motifs in paintings and prints? Who was the inspiration for Spider-Man?
People and the props which they carry can readily show the effects of the wind. Some brilliant examples illustrate this well.
Japanese woodblock prints are usually termed ukiyo-e, but ukiyo originally meant ‘this world of sorrow and grief’. How did they get their name?
Why was Vermeer forgotten, or van Gogh ignored, or Western-style painting in Japan suppressed?
How a small group of Dutch merchants were able to bring Western influence to Japanese painting during the Edo period.
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