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I've fallen in love with Shin-Hanga ("new prints", the new wave of Ukiyo-e in the early 20th Century). It feels as though it was inspired a good deal by Art Nou
by JKCalhoun 2y ago
I've fallen in love with Shin-Hanga ("new prints", the new wave of Ukiyo-e in the early 20th Century). It feels as though it was inspired a good deal by Art Nouveau (which itself was inspired by Ukiyo-e, Wikipedia calls it "Japonisme").
Hasui Kawase is a fave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasui_Kawase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasui_Kawase
Man, the shadows from the trees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasui_Kawase#/media/File:NDL-DC_2586549-40_Kawase_Hasui_S06_crd.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasui_Kawase#/media/File:NDL-D...
- pragma_x 2y agoThank you for sharing this. These are just stunners. Every last one.
- brianpan 2y agoFor those unaware, Japanese has a word, komorebi, which means "sunlight leaking through trees". https://www.morethantokyo.com/komorebi-japanese-word/ https://www.morethantokyo.com/komorebi-japanese-word/
- fidotron 2y agoYes Shin Hanga is the good stuff. I have grown to quite dislike ukiyo-e. It is essentially 17th century Japanese Instagram, in the worst possible sense, and began something closer to OnlyFans. It is incredible what it morphed into. For reference, the classic book “Images of the Floating World” contains some of the most hilariously pornographic images of any serious art book.
- JKCalhoun 2y agoI like what it morphed into then (but prefer Shin Hanga). But of the old stuff, Hiroshige is amazing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifty-three_Stations_of_the_Tōkaidō https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifty-three_Stations_of_th... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixty-nine_Stations_of_the_Kiso_Kaidō https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixty-nine_Stations_of_the...