| Fine Arts |
 Arts
of Asia: Japan |
From the Minneapolis Institute of
Arts collection: Japanese Buddhism; scrolls & screens;
pictures of the floating world; the museum's authentic
tea house & audience hall; browseable & searchable
database; suggested readings |
| AssemblyLanguage
- Tokyo Avant-Garde Culture and Japanese Contemporary
Art |
Images of works by individual artists;
Tokyo art today; exhibition reviews; essays; Japanese
contemporary art books; links |
| The
Bitter End: Art of the Edo Period |
A short account of Katsushika Hokusai,
with images of some of his 36 views of Mount Fuji |
| Chronology
of Japan's Fine Arts |
A brief history with links |
| Chushingura |
A selection of prints by various
artists illustrating the eleven acts of the play, with
brief summaries of each act |
| Edo:
Art in Japan 1615-1868 |
A National Gallery of Art Teaching
Program, "developed in conjunction with the exhibition
Edo: Art in Japan 1615-1868, [& providing] an overview
of art & culture in the city of Edo" |
| The
Floating World of Ukiyo-E: Shadows, Dreams, & Substance |
Library of Congress's online exhibition
of its holdings "of Japanese prints, books, & drawings
from the 17th to the 19th centuries," "complemented
by related works from the Library's collections created
by Japanese & Westerns artists into the 20th century" |
| The
Influence of Japanese Art On Western Culture |
Poul Genefke Thye's essay on ukiyo-e & western
art, with links to online galleries |
| The
Japan Ukiyo-e Museum Guide |
Introduction to the wood-block prints
of everyday life in Edo Japan, with images of some famous
prints |
| Japanese
Art & the Japanese View of Nature |
An essay by art historian Isamu
Kurita |
| Japanese
Art Dealers Association of New York |
"a not-for-profit group whose
members include leading New York galleries and private
dealers ... ": members; calendar of msueum exhibitions
of notable Japanese art; lists of books, articles, magazines, & museums |
| Japanese
Fine Prints, Pre-1915 |
Catalog of Library of Congress's
collection of "woodblock prints and drawings, dating
from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, by such
artists as Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi, Sadahide, and Yoshiiku," with
selected bibliography |
| Japanese
Woodcuts |
From Connecticut College's Black's
Print Collection: Hiroshige's shoal of fishes & Tokaido
series; woodcuts by various masters |
| Japonisme & Japonism |
A bibliography |
| Jim
Breen's Ukiyo-E Gallery |
An extensive library of images,
with comments & list of related links |
| Kodomo
no kuni: Artists & Children's Books in 1920s Japan |
(in Japanese & English) Exhibition
of illustrations published in the Kodomo no kuni picture
book magazine; children's songs; artists; the children
depicted |
| Kunisada & Kabuki |
Fitzwilliam Museum's online exhibition
of Kunisadas woodblock prints of Kabuki actors |
| Nekochan's Graphics |
Source of Japanese
images & icons |
| A
Reader's Guide to the Arts of Japan |
Asia Society's annotated guide to
English-language works on Japanese art: general works;
surveys by medium; studies by period |
| Screens & Scrolls:
Japanese Painting from the Ackland Museum of Art |
Virtual tour of exhibition offering
the full range of "the thematic scope & stylistic
diversity of the Japanese painting tradition" |
| Tale
of Genji Scroll |
18th century hand scroll depicting
the first 16 chapters, images with original Japanese
inscription & modern Japanese translation |
| Ukiyo-e:
The Pictures of the Floating World |
Hans Olof Johansson's introduction
with gallery, Q & A, catalog of prints on the Net, & guide
to other sites |
| Viewing
Japanese Prints |
John Fiorillo's text about & images
of "17th-19th century 'Ukiyo-e' ("Pictures
of the Floating World"), 20th century 'Shin hanga'
("New prints") & ''Ssaku hanga' ("Creative
prints"), & 'Kindai hanga' (modern or contemporary
prints)" |
| WebMuseum:
Japanese Art & Architecture |
A historical survey by period |
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