Monthly Archives: October 2018

Kuni, Kuni, Kuni – Three Japanese Woodblock Artists of Decadence

Posted on October 26, 2018 by toshidama

Kunichika, Nakamura Shikan IV as Daihachi and Onoe Kikugoro V as Tatsugoro, 1890 The prefix ‘Kuni’ started life as the suffix ‘kuni’ in the name Toyokuni. The artist who created the catchy brand name Toyokuni I, was the successful woodblock … Continue reading →

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A Sunday Afternoon; Where?

Posted on October 22, 2018 by toshidama

This painting by the great Post-impressionist and Pointillist painter Georges Seurat (above) seems to be the very essence of Frenchness… A Sunday Afternoon at the Grande Jatte… what could be more Parisian, more moderne than this elegant display of European … Continue reading →

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