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| Nature of the Beast: Animals in Japanese Paintings and Prints |
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| Pacific Asia Museum of USC
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Paintings and prints from the Edo period to the late 20th century. The inclusion of characters such as Godjira (Godzilla), Doraemon, and the Forest Spirit from Princess Mononoke makes this an especially fun unit for students. Text essays with images on the following topics: 1) Tradition; 2) Reality; 3) Imagination. With an Edo-period timeline, glossary of related terms, lesson plans for teachers, and a "Random Monster Generator" activity for students.
Go to Museum Resource: https://pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu/exhibitions/past/online-exhibition-nature-of-... | |
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| Netsuke: From Fashion Fobs to Coveted Collectibles |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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An introduction to the netsuke, a decorative accessory worn with the kimono since the 17th century. With images of 15 related objects.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nets/hd_nets.htm | |
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| Pictures of the Floating World |
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| Victoria and Albert Museum
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"Ukiyo-e means 'Pictures of the Floating World.' Images of everyday Japan mass-produced for popular consumption in the Edo period (1615-1868), they represent one of the high points of Japanese cultural achievement." A special feature on ukiyo-e discussing the following topics: 1) What are Ukiyo-e?; 2) The Production Process; 3) Popular Themes in Ukiyo-e Prints; and 4) Fan Prints; plus a selection of 30 prints with descriptions.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/u/ukiyo-e-pictures-of-the-floating-world/ | |
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| Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: Fine Prints, Japanese, pre-1915 |
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| Library of Congress
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"The Library's Prints and Photographs Division houses more than 2,500 woodblock prints and drawings by Japanese artists of the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries including Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi, Sadahide, and Yoshiiku. ... About seventy percent of the collection is currently available online." The BACKGROUND AND SCOPE section has selections from the collection organized into the following categories: Actors; Women; Landscapes; Scenes from Japanese Literature; Daily Life; Views of Western Foreigners. Also with brief discussions of ukiyo-e and Yokohama-e prints, the latter being the images of foreigners in the port city of Yokohama produced by Japanese artists following the 1852-54 expedition of Commodore Matthew Perry (1794-1858).
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/jpd | |
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| Rinpa Painting Style |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief introduction to the Rinpa school of painting, which was "a key part of the revival in the Edo period of indigenous Japanese artistic interests described by the term yamato-e." With 5 related artworks and links to related essays about yamato-e painting and seasonal imagery in Japanese art.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rinp/hd_rinp.htm | |
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| Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove |
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| Asia Society
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"The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove were a group of Chinese learned men from the third century CE. During a time of political upheaval, the group distanced themselves from governmental service, choosing instead to spend time engaged in Daoist-inspired discussions, poetry, and music, sometimes while inebriated. ... Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, featuring traditional works of art from China and Japan, has been organized to accompany and provide some cultural context for Asia Society’s exhibition of Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest, the contemporary video work by Chinese artist Yang Fudong."
Go to Museum Resource: https://asiasociety.org/new-york/exhibitions/seven-sages-bamboo-grove | |
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