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Plate used to print ukiyo-e. Ukiyo-e is a Japanese printmaking technique which flourished in the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of subjects including female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; Japanese flora and fauna; and erotica.
The earthquake was associated with strong ground motion, and damaged a broad area. It affected the capital city of Asuka, and caused a tsunami. There was subsidence in the plain of the Kōchi Prefecture. [2] The welling of water was disrupted in the hot springs of the island of Shikoku, and the springs of the Kii Peninsula in the island of ...
The Miracle Pine Tree (奇跡の一本松, Kiseki no Ippon matsu) was the lone surviving tree of the Takata Pine Forest, which suffered deadly damage from the Great East Japan Earthquake tsunami in March 2011. [3] [4] It was located in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.
Beginning in the mid-6th century, as Buddhism was brought to Japan from Baekje, religious art was introduced from the mainland. The earliest religious paintings in Japan were copied using mainland styles and techniques, and are similar to the art of the Chinese Sui dynasty (581–618) or the late Sixteen Kingdoms around the early 5th century ...
The 1026 Manju tsunami affected the Sea of Japan coast of then Iwami Province on June 16. Considered one of the largest tsunamis in the Sea of Japan, it generated a tsunami with waves of 10 m (33 ft) at present-day Masuda, Shimane. Off the coast, an island reportedly sunk because of the waves.
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Tawaraya Sōtatsu was a Japanese artist who worked in "relative anonymity" as a part of the "craftsmen" class of artists during the early 17th century. He was a central figure of the Rinpa school of art in Kyoto. The Rinpa school of art grew in the early 17th century with the establishment of the bakufu (military government) in Edo, later named ...
Pages in category "Documentary films about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .