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Japanese Prints and the Tradition of Story Telling
Complex narrative lies at the heart of traditional Japanese culture. From the very beginnings, the Japanese were devoted to the structure of sophisticated narrative. The first true novel, the 11th century Genji monogatari – “The Tale of the Genji”- is … Continue reading
Posted in 47 Ronin, Chushingura, Japanese prints, japanese woodblock prints, kabuki theatre, Kunichika, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, ukiyo-e, Uncategorized
Tagged Genji Monogatari, Genpei War, Heiki Monogatari, Japanese prints, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kabuki, Kunichika, Kunisada, kuniyoshi, Toshidama Gallery, Ukiyo-e
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Tales Of Old Japan
The new selection of prints online at Toshidama Japanese Prints takes inspiration from a book published by an English aristocrat in 1871. They are a random collection of folk tales, myths and stories from before the great modernisation of Japan … Continue reading
Bandits and Warlords. Fighting men in Japanese prints.
The Toshidama Gallery is showing a collection of prints featuring aggressive and violent folk heroes and warlords. The selection looks at how the populace of Edo expressed their frustration with the government and with the increasingly corrupt samurai class. As … Continue reading
Posted in Asian Art, Floating World, Japanese Art, Japanese gangster, Japanese prints, japanese woodblock prints, kabuki theatre, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Male Tragedy, Otokodate, Suikoden, yoshitoshi
Tagged Benten, Edo Japan, Five Men of Naniwa, Japanese Execution, samurai, Soga Brothers, Suikoden, Water Margin, Yoshitoshi
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Collecting Japanese Woodblock Prints
Prints From the collection of Ruth Muschel and Gillies McKenna at Wolfson College, Oxford. We attended the opening of an exhibition of Japanese prints from the private collection of ukiyo-e belonging to Ruth Muschel and Gillies McKenna at Wolfson College, … Continue reading
Tattoo You – The Continuing Debt To Ukiyo-e
The newspapers have been very full of risque images from the 13th International London Tattoo Convention . It’s a huge event, tattoos cover any number of different body types, body parts and genders and there seems no end to the … Continue reading
Posted in Floating World, Hokusai, Japanese Art, japanese woodblock prints, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Tattoo Art, Toshidama Gallery., ukiyo-e, ukiyo-e art
Tagged Kunisada, kuniyoshi, tattoo
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The Beautiful Image of Fuji Appearing in an Awning…
Kuniyoshi’s Virtuous Women for the Eight Views analysed and how Hokusai’s Mount Fuji appears in the awning. Continue reading
Will the British Museum be Host to Hokusai’s Kammachi Festival Float in May 2017?
The photograph at the top of this article appears at first glance to be a detail from the famous woodblock print by the nineteenth century Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai: Kanagawami-oki nami-ura… The Great Wave, or its transliterated name, Under the … Continue reading
Male Tragedy in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Well, I guess that it’s deeply unfashionable right now to talk of the male struggle, the tragedy of the male and so on – there’s a contemporary trend to upbraid men for being… ‘pale, male and stale’. The fact is … Continue reading
Five Years of the Toshidama Gallery
It’s been 5 year since the Toshidama Gallery launched its online gallery, with themed virtual exhibitions and extensive catalogue notes, and to celebrate we are holding a show looking back over the past five years – and offering an extra … Continue reading
Dekiyo-e – The Horror, The Horror!
Alex Faulkner interviewed by Chris Bucklow. Alex Faulkner is the creative director of the Toshidama Gallery and an expert on nineteenth century Japanese prints. Alex is also a practising artist. Christopher Bucklow is an artist of international standing and an … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Bucklow, Floating World, Impressionist Art, Japanese prints, japanese woodblock prints, kabuki theatre, Kunichika, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Otokodate, Paul Gauguin, Shunga, ukiyo-e, ukiyo-e art, Uncategorized, Utamaro, Van Gogh
Tagged Chris Bucklow, Dekiyo-e, floating world, Japanese prints, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Kabuki, Kunichika, Kunisada, kuniyoshi, otokodate, Shunga, Shunsho, Ukiyo-e, Utamaro
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