Pictures of the Floating World

Generations of kids ( including myself) walked or biked alone miles every day. A ten yr old that cant walk 2 blocks alone needs to be institutionalized.

YouTube video by Mie Gallery - Original Japanese Prints Yoshitoshi's Women - Woodblock Prints

Eleven minutes but worth watching.

Doesn't this woodblock look like its out of an early Studio Ghibli animation? It's called Car Town (Toyota) by Japanese Artist Fumio Kitaoka (1918-2007).

Another super modern looking silkscreen by Japanese artist Go (Tsuyoshi) Yayanagi (1933-Present). It's called Flower Like the Blue Sky.

Japanese silkscreen with a very modern feel by Ay-O (1931-Present. Part of a series of cats done by the artist. This one is called "Anger."

Lucky you!!! ( They are loud though 💜)

Happy Caturday from Bella, Bamboo & Chagall 🐈‍⬛

I've had two stuffed peacocks on driftwood in my apt since the 1990's, When they die, they do not rot or decay for a very long time making them ideal for taxidermy & as a symbol or immortality. In Honolulu I saw white peafowl for the first time (wow).
Yang Shanshen (Chinese painter)
White Peacocks

This woodblock takes me back to the year I lived on Maui (decades ago). A friend had a boat that offered sunset cruises and we'd look back on the W.Maui Mountains, often surrounded by Humpback Whales. I moved to Honolulu for 2 years after that.
Ito Takashi 1894-1982
Ameshiriro
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I love the violet and greens in this painting. I also like how the rule of thirds is incorporated into triangles making the composition sing.
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Shono Driving Rain
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Watanabe Shotei-aka Hiroaki 1871-1945.
Tea Pavilion in the Night
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Toshi Yoshida 1911-1995
Urayasu 1951
#japanese Woodblock

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Autumn Rainbow at Hatta, Kaga 1924.
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As a US citizen i am appalled. Please try not to judge Americans by the fascist regime that has infiltrated our government by Russian assets. I appreciate journalists and they are brave heros to us now.

I like to post contemporary Japanese artists on this feed from time to time. One of my favorites is a mysterious artist/illustrator that call themselves #Avogado6 who has a clever way of seeing the world.

Shinsui Ito (1898-1972)
Dance Kagami jishi
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Sagami Jiro Tairanomaskado
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Spring Rain at the Gokoku Temple 1932
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Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
Cat and Goldfish
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Fujiwara Yasumasa plays the flute by moonlight
#japanese Woodblock

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Kyoto, the Nue Monster Edo (1852)

Junichiro Sekino (1914-.1988)
Siamese cat with kitten
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Kasamatsu Shiro (1898-1992)
Pagoda in Evening Rain
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Kawase Hasui 1883-1957
Morning at Niju Bridge (1930)
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Oda Kazuma (1881-1956
Scenes of san in view of Mihanoseki at Izumo
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Mike Dorsey is a painter/tattoo artist famous for his Japanese inspired body art. There is a book of his reimagined Japanese imagery called Japan Reimagined.

Hideshi Yoshida (1968-present)
Title: Prisoner to the Nth power
#japanese #woodblock

Kaoru Saito (1931-Present)
Sunset Glow.
Mezzotint (engraved on copper or steel, not wood)
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