Japanese Art weeks 5/7

Honzogaku

the study of fundamental herbs - medicine

Dejima

port of Nagasaki

The Nanpin School

painted style of shein napin

ukiyo-e

pictures of the floating world

Prussian blue

pigment developed in Germany

bokashi

a printmaking technique creating gradations of color by mixing pigment and glue on a wood block

Johann Johnson, accurate description of nature

of quadruped animals, fish, invertebrates, aquatic animals, birds, creeping creatures, snakes, and dragons.

How do you gauge the cultural and artistic value of a woodblock print considering its duplicitous nature?

context of the work and production to a larger audience

How did prints function within the Edo economy? How were they used for marketing and what are some reasons people may have purchased them?

consumer products of fashion and cultural importance

How can we account for the popularity of works by Katsushika Hokusai? What kinds of strategies (visual or otherwise) did he employ that would have contributed to his commercial success?

he had the ability to combine subjects and visual techniques to interest Edo consumers

Ito jakuchu, sakyamuni triptych

3 hanging scrolls of 3 buddhists

Ito Jakuchu, colorful realm of living beings

30 hanging scrolls, donated to buddhist temple