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| The Japanese Garden: Seiwa-en |
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| Missouri Botanical Garden
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An excellent online tour of the Missouri Botanical Garden's Japanese garden. Scroll to the bottom of this Introduction page to see 25 additional pages introducing each aspect of the garden, from the Entrance (#1) and Blue Boulder Cascade (#2) to the Kasuga Lantern (#24) and Stone Boat Basin (#25). With photographs throughout.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.mobot.org/hort/gardens/japanese/intro/index.shtml | |
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| Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period |
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| Nagasaki University Library
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Searchable database of approximately 6,000 photographs of Japan taken from the middle to the end of the 19th century. Browse the collection by photographer or location, or search by selecting from a list of keywords and categories. An advanced keyword search is also available.
Go to Museum Resource: http://oldphoto.lb.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/en/ | |
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| Kimono |
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| Victoria and Albert Museum
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"Japan has a very rich textile history, a major focus of interest and artistic expression being the kimono. Meaning 'the thing worn,' the term kimono was first adopted in the mid-19th century." A special feature about the kimono, with in-depth discussions of the kimono's history, production (weaving, dyeing, embroidery), and decoration (symbols and motifs), plus 51 kimonos from the V&A's collection.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/k/kimono/ | |
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| The Legends of Hachiman |
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| Smith College Museum of Art
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"This particular pair of lavishly ornamented handscrolls illustrates the legends of the Shinto deity Hachiman. The paintings, which date to the mid-seventeenth century, are rendered in the yamato-e style favored by the members of the Tosa school to which they are attributed. Both the painting and the calligraphy exemplify the highly refined styles favored by the court at the start of the Edo period (1615-1868)." This project of Smith College now hosted here.
Go to Museum Resource: https://hachimanhandscrolls.com/ | |
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| Monet & Japan |
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| National Gallery of Australia
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Online archive of a 2001 exhibit with "carefully chosen works of Japanese art [that] give us the context for exploring Monet's changing perception of Japan through masterpiece after masterpiece. ... [The exhibit gives] everyone who loves Monet's paintings a chance to understand the ways in which he absorbed the lessons of Japanese art, from his first encounter in the 1860s until the final years after the First World War." Select THEMES from the gray menu at top for text discussions with related images; select COMPARE WORKS to see Monet's paintings next to Japanese prints with related composition, design, and subject elements; and select EDUCATION for information on how to teach using this website.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.nga.gov.au/monetjapan/Default.cfm | |
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| More Than Meets the Eye: Japanese Art in the Asia Society Collection |
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| Asia Society
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Online presentation of a 1998 exhibition that, according to the introductory text, sought to ask new questions and offer fresh insights into Japan's artistic traditions. Featuring 26 objects, mostly from the 15th to the 18th century, from Buddhist paintings and sculptures to woodblock prints, folding screens, and bronze, ceramic, and porcelain objects, most with short descriptive text. Choose the Standard Tour option under Virtual Gallery for a list of featured objects. Number 12 on this list is a 14th-century sculpture thought to represent Prince Shotoku (r. 593-622), and the accompanying text discusses his significance as a cultural icon. Also included in the Bibliography section is a link to "A Reader's Guide to the Arts of Japan," an online resource featuring more than 450 annotations on the best publications on Japanese Art, organized by medium and period, and fully searchable.
Go to Museum Resource: http://sites.asiasociety.org/arts/japan/index.html | |
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