Admire the Small Dish from Dining Set with Plum Blossoms at #ClevelandMuseumofArt. Its delicate low-relief design bridges the serenity of nature with refined craftsmanship. How do you interpret the marriage of tradition and innovation in ceramics?
#Art #Ceramics #JapaneseArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.150.17

Hand Painted with Gold - Boat on the River, Japan, 1915 - Stiebel & Co Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/hand-painted-with-gold-boat-on-the-river-japan-1915-stiebel-co-postcard-222903028.htm

Happy #SharkAwarenessDay !
To celebrate, here are those happy Hammerhead #Sharks from "Oki National Products Illustration Notes," Japan, Edo Period, 1735 CE:
Japan National Diet Library DIG-NDLD-16995
https://kokusho.nijl.ac.jp/biblio/100357933/30?ln=ja
#JapaneseArt

Netsuke: #terrapins and a #frog
Signed Hidetsugu, Japan, Edo period, 19th c.
Wood, 4.5 cm
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/26035/lot/26/a-wood-netsuke-of-terrapins-and-a-frog-by-hidetsugu-edo-period-1615-1868-19th-century/
#JapaneseArt

Matazō Kayama (加山 又造 Kayama Matazō Japan, 1927-2004)
Dobutsuen, kirin (Zoo, #giraffes ), n.d.
Ink, color, gold & silver on paper
45½ x 35½in. (115.6 x 92cm.)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-2008355
#JapaneseArt

Chinese Grapes is a painting in traditional Chinese free style (Xie Yi) technique with ink on Xuan rice paper.

https://birgit-moldenhauer.pixels.com/featured/chinese-grapes-one-no-cally-birgit-moldenhauer.html

#Ink #InkPainting #ChinesePainting #Watercolor #ChineseArt
#BuyIntoArt #JapaneseArt
#Painting #Kunst
#MastodonArt #AYearForArt
#Art #ArtMatters #MastoArt

Witness the elegance of Edo period artistry in Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s print, "The Courtesans Hanamurasaki and Koshikibu." The vivid colors and intricate patterns bring this serene moment to life. What emotions do you think the artists wanted to convey?
#Ukiyoe #JapaneseArt #ClevelandArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1014.b

Good Morning, its time for a cup of coffee!

Find my paintings on home decor:

https://www.zazzle.com/bonsai_chinese_style_black_and_white_two_tone_coffee_mug-168964123496131741

#Ink #InkPainting #ChinesePainting #Watercolor #ChineseArt
#BuyIntoArt #JapaneseArt
#Painting #Kunst
#MastodonArt #AYearForArt
#Art #ArtMatters #MastoArt #bonsai

'Moon over Sekiguchi' - Takahashi Hiroaki, ca. 1930s. #FullMoon #JapaneseArt

Just a little painting

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/little-plum-blossom-twig-bw-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/722558/Little%20Plum%20Blossom%20Twig%20-%20no%20Cally.html

#Bamboo #Chinese #Art
#Paintings #ChinesePainting #AYearForArt #BrushPainting
#ChineseArt #Ink #MastodonArt #BuyIntoArt #JapaneseArt
#Asia #InkPainting #Kunst
#ArtMatters #Plumblossom
#CherryBlossom

"Noisy: A Young Woman of the Kansei Period with a Purring Cat," Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1888.

Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) was the last great master of the ukiyo-e woodblock print, and an innovator of the style, at a time when Japan's culture was rapidly modernizing and leaving traditional arts and styles behind.

He was coming off a period of severe depression after his fame for producing bloody prints of violence faded...he was reflecting the violence in Japanese culture at the time. However, he found a career resurrection in producing images of actors in various dramas, and the eternal ukiyo-e subject, beautiful women.

The identity of this woman is unknown; although she's shown in the dress and style of the Kansei period (1789-1801), it's likely that the subject was a geisha or courtesan. Her snuggling of the cat is an unconventional pose, but charming. The cat even has the requisite bell on its collar.

Sadly, Yoshitoshi's physical and mental health began to deteriorate. He was hospitalized for a while, but was released and died of a cerebral hemorrhage at 53.

From the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Taiga's "Bamboo in Fine Weather after Rain" transforms landscape into a surreal dialogue, merging tradition with abstraction. The bamboo's delicate presence juxtaposes nature’s might and human fragility. How do you interpret this tension in his art?

#ClevelandArt #EdoPeriod #Taiga #JapaneseArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.337

#WorldFireflyDay :
Itō Sōzan 伊藤総山 (Japan, 1884-?)
#Fireflies , c.1900-10
color woodblock print
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/46135g1
#JapaneseArt

Cutting a little deeper this week on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein as we examine Lovecraft's appreciation for Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), including his favorite artist: Hokusai.

https://deepcuts.blog/2025/07/05/deeper-cut-lovecraft-hokusai/

#Lovecraft #Hokusai #ukiyo-e #Japan #Japaneseart #art

In China, fish and jade are homonymic words (all sound "yu"), so fish represents affluence and abundance.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/three-little-fish-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/676825/Three%20Little%20Fish%20-%20no%20Cally.html

Winter Bird is painted in traditional Chinese "gongbi" style.

The technique calls for brushstrokes to “be as detailed as detailed can be”, using highly detailed brushstrokes that delimit details very precisely and without independent or expressive variation.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/winter-bird-birgit-moldenhauer.html

#Ink #InkPainting #ChinesePainting #Watercolor #ChineseArt
#BuyIntoArt #JapaneseArt
#Painting #Kunst
#MastodonArt #AYearForArt
#Art #ArtMatters #MastoArt

Sparrows have long been a favourite choice to paint with willow or bamboo, probably right back to the Song dynasty when the bird-and-flower genre was invented. They are indeed a cheerful little bird.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/little-rest-in-a-willow-sepia-no-cally-birgit-moldenhauer.html

https://www.pictorem.com/656322/Little%20Rest%20in%20a%20Willow%20-%20no%20Cally.html

#Sparrow #ChinesePainting #Watercolor #ChineseArt
#BuyIntoArt #JapaneseArt
#Painting #Willow #Kunst
#MastodonArt #AYearForArt
#Art #Painting #ArtMatters

Red Hibiscus with Butterfly is painted in traditional Chinese "gongbi" style. Water color and ink on rice paper.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/red-hibiscus-with-butterfly-birgit-moldenhauer.html

#Ink #InkPainting #ChinesePainting #Watercolor #ChineseArt
#BuyIntoArt #JapaneseArt
#Painting #Kunst
#MastodonArt #AYearForArt
#Art #ArtMatters #MastoArt

'Owl' - Aoyama Masaharu, 1950. #OwlishMonday #JapaneseArt

According to Fengshui build your house in an area, where the mountain is behind your home and the water in front of it. Famous example is the "Forbidden City" in Peking. The emperors created an artificial hill behind the city to follow this rule.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/river-view-no-cally-birgit-moldenhauer.html

#Ink #InkPainting #ChinesePainting #Watercolor #ChineseArt
#BuyIntoArt #JapaneseArt
#Painting #Kunst
#MastodonArt #AYearForArt
#Art #ArtMatters #MastoArt #FengShui