reflections

pursuing a Japanese aesthetic

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This woodblock print is a celebrated modern masterpiece by the Shin-hanga virtuoso Shiro Kasamatsu (1898–1991). Titled "Spring Night - Ginza" (Ginza no haru no yoru), 1934, Japan. The artwork captures the modan (modern) romanticism of Tokyo’s premier shopping and entertainment district. Kasamatsu orchestrates an exquisite nocturnal palette of deep indigo blues, muted teals, and soft charcoal greys, dramatically illuminated by the warm, radiant glow of artificial streetlights and commercial signs.

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Artist: Kawase Hasui Title: Winter Moon at Toyamagahara (Fuyu no tsuki [Toyamagahara]) Date: 1931 Medium: Color woodblock print; oban Credit Line: Gift of Oliver Statler

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Flickr Blog - Your Best Shot 2011: Might as well…

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Painting the Lips with Safflower Dye by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)喜多川歌麿 「口紅」

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Shinoyama, Kishin (Photographer) / Higuchi, Kanako (Model) 

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Woman Bathing Under Flowers.  Ukiyo-e woodblock print.  About 1800, Japan.  Artist Utagawa Toyokuni I 

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Beauty in The Middle

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