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| Ground Zero 1945: A Schoolboy's Story |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visualizing Cultures
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"This unit presents the illustrated testimony of Akihiro Takahashi, who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Illustrations by Goro Shikoku, with English translation by Yuki Tanaka."
Go to Museum Resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/groundzero1945_2/index.html | |
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| Ground Zero 1945: Pictures by Atomic Bomb Survivors |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visualizing Cultures
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"These drawings and paintings by Japanese survivors of the atomic bomb were created more than a quarter century after the bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. They are provided by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum." The ESSAY section examines Ground Zero 1945 using the images by survivors of the atomic bomb blast; the VISUAL NARRATIVES section features the story of one survivor who tells her story through images.
Go to Museum Resource: http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/groundzero1945/index.html | |
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| Hokusai: Mad About Painting |
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| National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
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Animated examination of works by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). This excellent interactive website features an introduction to Hokusai's life, plus an examination of his work, organized into the following categories: COLOR (Hokusai's innovative use of color); BRUSH & BLOCK (the range of Hokusai's creativity, and comparisons of painting and printing techniques); COMPOSITION; and SUBJECT. Uses Flash.
Go to Museum Resource: https://archive.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/hokusai/launch.htm | |
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| The Hokusai Museum |
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| The Hokusai Museum
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Website created by the Hokusai Museum Foundation for the Third International Hokusai Conference held in Obuse in 1998. Includes selected works from the museum's collection, a very detailed timeline outlining key events and artworks from the life of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), and a history of the Hokusai Museum in Obuse.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.book-navi.com/hokusai/hokusai-e.html | |
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| Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics Interactive |
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| National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
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Two interactives follow Noguchi's three journeys to Japan and introduce the Japanese ceramic artists with whom he interacted. Noguchi's international acclaim admitted him to diverse spheres of the art world in postwar Japan. The Japanese ceramic artists with whom Noguchi associated were also pursuing profound questions of personal and artistic identity in the aftermath of war, although they chose varying paths to do so. Uses Flash.
Go to Museum Resource: https://archive.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/noguchi/default.htm | |
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| Japanese American National Museum: Collections Online |
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| Japanese American National Museum
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Featuring selected highlights from the museum's permanent collection of more than 60,000 artifacts -- including diaries, letters, and other documents -- as well as photographs and artworks. Many of these document the lives of Japanese Americans detained in concentration camps during World War II.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.janm.org/collections/ | |
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| Japanese Cloisonné: The Seven Treasures |
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| Victoria and Albert Museum
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"The Japanese characters used for the word shippō (the Japanese term for enamelware) mean 'Seven Treasures'. which is a reference to the seven treasures mentioned in Buddhist texts. Although these treasures may vary, they generally included at least some of the following: gold, silver, emerald, coral, agate, lapis lazuli, giant clamshell, glass and pearl. The Japanese applied this expression to the rich colours found on Chinese enamel wares and later to those they made themselves." A special features about Japanese cloisonné, with discussions of its history and manufacture, plus 39 examples from the V&A's collection. See also: Cloisonné Introduction.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/j/japanese-cloisonne/ | |
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| Japanese Friendship Garden of San Diego: Online Tour |
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| Japanese Friendship Garden of San Diego
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"The [San Diego] Japanese Friendship Garden is named 'San-Kei-En' meaning 'three scene garden' -- Water, Pastoral and Mountain. San-Kei-En is an expression of the ties between the people of San Diego and Yokohama and blends the two cultures to create a unique experience. The Garden was named in honor of the San-Kei-En Garden in Yokohama." A brief tour of the garden and the sukiya style Exhibit House, with photographs throughout.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.niwa.org/ | |
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