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the artist observed a kugo in the Shōsōin and references the ancient subject of a beauty under a tree [8] 197.5 centimetres (6 ft 5.8 in) by 94.0 centimetres (3 ft 1.0 in) 35°36′01″N 139°22′55″E / 35.600190°N 139.381941°E / 35.600190; 139.381941 ( Ishibashi Foundation Art Research
Arata Isozaki: Isozaki was born on July 23, 1931, in Kyushu, Japan. He studied architecture at the University of Tokyo. In 1963 he opened up his own studio and was the leading architect during the postwar period in Japan. Isozaki's first building he worked on was the Ōita Prefectural Library (1966). [6] Kenzo Tange: Tange was born on September ...
The Three Views of Japan (日本三景, Nihon Sankei) is the canonical list of Japan's three most celebrated scenic sights, attributed to 1643 and scholar Hayashi Gahō. [1] In 1915, modeled on the old Three Views of Japan, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha (株式会社実業之日本社) held a national election to determine a list of New Three Views of ...
Tokyo Disney Resort (東京ディズニーリゾート) Chiba Prefecture: Marunouchi (丸の内) Tokyo: Akihabara (秋葉原) Tokyo: Nihonbashi (日本橋) Tokyo: Tokyo Tower (東京タワー) Tokyo: Kaminarimon (浅草寺雷門) at Sensō-ji: Tokyo: Shibamata Taishakuten, Yagiri-no-Watashi ferryboat (柴又帝釈天・矢切の渡し) Tokyo ...
Yoshiwara (吉原) was a famous yūkaku (red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and well-known red-light districts created during the early 17th century by the Tokugawa shogunate , alongside Shimabara in Kyoto in 1640 [ 1 ] and Shinmachi in Osaka .
[17] [18] The exhibition subsequently toured to The Aberdeen Art Gallery Scotland, [19] and then formed his solo exhibition in Japan ‘Portraits from Edo to the Present’ [20] [21] [22] at The Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum, where the paintings were exhibited alongside Hiroshige's original The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō ...
Hasui Kawase (川瀬 巴水, Kawase Hasui, May 18, 1883 – November 7, 1957) was a Japanese artist who was one of 20th century Japan's most important and prolific printmakers. He was a prominent designer of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement, whose artists depicted traditional subjects with a style influenced by yōga (Western-style ...
The 100 Landscapes of Japan (日本百景) is a list of famous scenic sites in Japan. The 100 Landscapes or Views were selected alongside further sets of 8 Views and 25 Winning Sites in 1927, a year after Hirohito became Emperor. The selection was intended to "reflect the new taste of the new era".