Hidden GemsDec 19, 2023
Delving into Japan's history with #ClevelandMuseumofArt's evocative piece: Evening View of the Eight Famous Places near Kanazawa Under Full Moon in Musashi Province. An ethereal exploration of nightfall - do you feel the lunar pull?
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https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.410.a
Evening View of the Eight Famous Places near Kanazawa Under Full Moon in Musashi Province | Cleveland Museum of Art

Late in his career, Hiroshige explored the poetic theme of <em>setsugekka</em>, “snow, moon, and flowers,” in a set of three triptychs. This panoramic scene shows the autumn moon over Kanazawa, near Tokyo. Hiroshige’s contemporaries would have recognized the coastline dotted with villages, fishing boats, and the distinctive double-arched bridge at the bottom right.

Meyltje ∞ 🍋 🏳️‍🌈Feb 5, 2023

At the newest exhibition on the hidden meaning of Japanese woodcuts at Japanmuseum Sieboldhuis. As always full of treasures!

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ArtfromjapanJan 14, 2023

Itō Jakuchū: White Plum Blossoms and Moon

• Hanging scroll Painting
• Ink and color on silk
• 260 x 98 cm
• Edo period, 1755
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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ArtfromjapanJan 12, 2023

Kawase Hasui: Morning at Cape Inubō

• Woodblock print
• Ink and color on paper
• Shōwa period, 1931
• National Diet Library Collection

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ArtfromjapanJan 11, 2023

Utagawa Hiroshige: Snowy Gorge

• Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
• 73 x 24.1 cm
• Edo period, c. 1841
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

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ArtfromjapanJan 9, 2023

Yamaguchi Sekkei: Lions and Tigers in Peony and Bamboo

• Pair of six-panel folding screens
• Ink and color on gilded paper
• 149 × 330 cm (each screen)
• Edo period, 1668
• The Cleveland Museum of Art

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ArtfromjapanJan 6, 2023

Matsumoto Hoji: Frog

Woodblock-printed book illustration from Meika gafu 名家画譜 (Album of Pictures by Celebrated Artists), Vol. 3, designs by various artists.

• Ink and color on paper
• 27 × 19 cm (page)
• Edo period, 1814
• The British Museum

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ArtfromjapanJan 2, 2023

Takeuchi Seihō: Sketch of a Rabbit

• Ink and light color on paper
• 40 × 55 cm
• Taishō period, c. 1920
• Philadelphia Museum of Art

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ArtfromjapanDec 30, 2022

Yoshida Hiroshi: Fuji from Kawaguchi Lake, Ten Views of Mount Fuji

• Woodblock print; horizontal double ōban
• Ink and color on paper
• Taishō period, 1926
• Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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ArtfromjapanDec 28, 2022

Itō Shinsui: Woman Looking at a Mirror

• Woodblock print, ink, and color on paper
• 43.6 × 29 cm
• Taishō period, 1916
• Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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