No.133 『露草』 Dayflower
#dayflower #露草 #水墨画 #墨絵 #墨彩画 #sumie #suibokuga #sumi #japaneseartist #sumiart #yuritoi
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No.131 『古刹参道』 （新潟県六日町雲洞庵）
Path to the Ancient Temple
#古刹参道 #雲洞庵 #水墨画 #墨絵#sumie #suibokuga #winter #snow #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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Japanese artist combines tiny #HumanFigures and everyday objects to create miniature scenes (30 pics): zorz.it/Gakbr
#SaumyaRatan #art #MiniDiaromas #miniatures #TatsuyaTanaka #JapaneseArtist #objects #MiniatureScenes #artist
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ミニ原画
ネオンテンジクダイ/Ostorhinchus parvulus
#Fishart
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No.130 『春の弘法忌』
Springtime Kōbō Daishi Commemoration
#Shuzenji #KoboDaishi #弘法忌 #水墨画 #墨絵 #suibokuga #sumie #japaneseartist
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Credit: @835_emiko エミコ (Tokyo, Japan). #Canine and #feline inspiration in the work of this Japanese #illustrator. 835gallary.base.ec
#dogsky #dog #catsky #cat #artsky #art #illustration #japaneseartist #dogsinart #animalart #catsinart #drawing #dessin #rainbow #animalillustration #tokyoart #イラスト
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Credit: Toshi Yoshida 吉田遠志 (Japan, 1911-1995). Neko to Kotori. Woodblock print.
#toshiyoshida #catsinart #animalsinart #japaneseart #woodblockprint #animalsinart #catsinart #art #artsky #cat #catsky #吉田遠志 #woodblockprint #japaneseartist #gato #gatto #katze #catart #printmaking #猫 #ネコ #고양이 #кішка
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From ‘Beyond the Frame’: “It is a depiction of a young woman composing a poem at nighttime. The cherry trees of the title, whose blossom is so emblematic of Japanese culture and sensibility, are mostly hidden; they are merely silhouetted (with the exception of one trunk) and one explanation for this artistic decision is that they stand as a metaphor for the self-effacement expected of creative women – just as the blossom remains (largely) in shadow so the slate that the woman writes on is blank. It seems to make the point that she (the figure) is capable of conjuring the words whose beauty will reveal themselves just as surely as will the blossom reappear with the morning sunrise and just as surely as the artist achieves by depicting this scene in front of us. The work is remarkable for the way that it evokes the beauty of what lies in darkness, beauty from tones of charcoal grey and black, beauty from the antithesis of colour. Its theme is illumination, literal and figurative. The light from the candle in the large lamp lights up the face of the central figure as she looks for inspiration. The flame of inspiration lends her its glow – it burns brightly and floodlights the few visible blossoms to her right and left, both an encouragement and an enjoinder to create, while the lamp at the lower right lights up the sumptuous richness of her gown, its drapes connecting her to the grounded reality of the earth as her mind reaches closer to the celestial sphere of starier thought.” I think “starter” may be a typo, but I’m not sure what the writer intended. Perhaps “starry”?
By Japanese artist Katsushika Ōi (ca, 1800–after 1857, daughter of the more famous Katsushika Hokusai), Girl Composing a Poem under the Cherry Blossoms in the Night,” color on silk, Menard Art Museum. #WomensHistoryMonth #womenartists #womanartist #japaneseart #japaneseartist
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No.128 『ユウチャリス』 Eucharis Lily
#ユウチャリス #水墨画 #墨絵 #墨彩画 #eucharislily #amazonlily #suibokuga #sumie #sumiart #japaneseartist
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This woodblock print by Japanese artist Yamamura Kōka (山村耕花) is important not only for its glamour but for what it represents in Japanese modern art. It is widely regarded as one of the earliest … and often described as the first … shin-hanga (新版画) images of the moga (モガ), or “modern girl”: who were urban, fashionable, socially visible, and shaped by new forms of leisure. Rather than an older idealized bijinga type, these women occupy a cosmopolitan public world of nightlife, performance, and looking. Two women sit at a round white-clothed café table in the foreground, watching a line of dancers beyond. At left, a pale-skinned woman with a sleek auburn bob leans her chin on her hand. Her peach-pink dress slips off one shoulder, and a vivid red shawl patterned with large flowers spills across her lap. At right, another woman sits with her back partly turned, wearing a sleeveless black dress covered in blue, coral, and cream floral forms. She wears a bright red cloche hat decorated with flowers and holds an open fan edged in peacock colors. On the table are a pair of stemmed cocktail glasses. In the background, four women dance with almost unseen men. Each woman dances with her back to us and with raised arms beneath tall blue arches. Their bobbed hair, sleeveless dresses, and rhythmic poses give the scene an airy, stylish energy. Yamamura flattens space into soft blue and cream planes, using elegant contour and decorative pattern to make the room feel modern, theatrical, and sophisticated. Shanghai matters here. By placing the scene in the New Carlton Café, Yamamura presents the city as a 1920s international contact zone where Japanese print design, Western-style dance culture, and Art Deco sensibility meet. Better known for actor prints, he turns instead to women whose poise and independence signal a changing era. The result is both elegant and quietly radical with beauty redefined through modern motion, public pleasure, and female presence.
“踊り上海ニューカールトン所見” (“Dancing at the New Carlton Café in Shanghai”) by 山村耕花 / Yamamura Kōka (Japanese) - Woodblock print on paper / 1924 - Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) #WomenInArt #YamamuraKoka #山村耕花 #CarnegieMuseumOfArt #artText #JapaneseArtist #Shinhanga #新版画 #Moga #モガ #1920sArt
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No.123 『ウイーンの街角で』
At the Corner in Vienna
#Vienna #Wien #sumie #墨絵 #水墨画#suibokuga #sumi #sumiart #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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No.122 『春の訪れ（ポピー）』
Arrival of Spring (Poppies)
#春 #ポピー #水墨画 #墨絵 #spring #poppy #sumie #suibokuga #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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No.121 『ガラス皿の桃』 Peaches on Glass
#桃 #墨彩画 #水墨画 #墨絵 #peach #sumie #suibokuga #sumiart #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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No.120 『桔梗』（ききょう）Bellflower
#桔梗 #水墨画 #墨絵 #墨彩画#japanesebellflower #sumie #suibokuga #sumiart #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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No.119 『時計草』 Passion Flower
#時計草 #水墨画 #墨彩画 #passionflower #sumie #suibokuga #sumiart #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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Yuuki The White Armadillo🐭👣🩴🤍🇯🇵☯️Remastered OC Drawings Japanese Artwork
Yuuki The White Armadillo🐭👣🤍 Remastered (OC)🇯🇵☯️This Is My Newest OC Favorite Hyai! Happy Friday #YuukiTheArmadillo #Yuuki #Armadillo #OC #Furryart #JapaneseArtist #Sandals #Footwear #Malefeet #Sweatyfeet #Feetsky #Footsky #Feet #Toes #5Toes #Toeclaws #Paws #Paw #Ninja #Footfetish #Stompers #Muscular
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No.118 『ストック』 Blossoms of Stock
#ストック #水墨画 #墨絵 #墨彩画 #stock #flower #sumie #suibokuga #sumiart #japaneseartist
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No.117 『露草』 Dayflower
#露草 #水墨画 #墨彩画 #墨絵 #Dayflower #sumieart #sumi #suibokuga #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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No.116 『風になびく牡丹（ぼたん）』Peony in the wind
#牡丹 #水墨画 #墨絵 #botan #peony #sumie #suibokuga #japaneseartist #sumieart #yuritoi
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Japanese artist Uemura Shōen (上村松園), born in Kyoto in 1875, became one of the most celebrated painters of bijinga (美人画 aka images of beautiful women) at a time when the field was dominated by men. This early work already shows her careful attention to gesture, dress, and emotional restraint. Four Japanese women occupy a quiet interior, each absorbed in a distinct, refined activity. At right, a seated woman in a soft rose kimono paints delicately with a brush over a low writing tray, her posture upright and focused. Behind her, a woman in a deep black outer robe has her pale face turned upward admiring hanging art, with her hair smoothed into a low, formal style. At left, another woman in a warm yellow kimono sits sideways, holding a fan, her gaze lowered watching goldfish in a glass bowl. In the foreground, a richly dressed young woman in an ornate black and gold kimono kneels beside a koto instrument l, her hands poised as if about to play. Their skin is rendered in smooth, luminous tones and features are idealized, with narrow eyes and small, closed lips. The room is sparse and elegant. The hanging scroll reveals a snowy landscape, a vase of seasonal flowers rests nearby, and the small fishbowl and a birdcage subtly animate the space. The composition feels balanced yet dreamlike, with each figure existing in her own contemplative world. The four women are not simply individuals but evoke the four seasons through color, motif, and mood: the freshness of spring, the brightness of summer, the introspection of autumn, and the quiet elegance of winter. Their activities of music, painting, grooming, contemplation suggest cultivated accomplishment rather than spectacle. Shōen transforms beautiful daily practices into a poetic meditation on time, identity, and the stages of a woman’s life, presenting femininity with dignity, control, and enduring presence.
“四季婦女” (Four Seasons of Woman) by 上村松園 / Uemura Shōen (Japanese) - Color on silk / c. 1890s - Fukuda Art Museum (Kyoto) #WomenInArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #UemuraShoen #上村松園 #Shoen #artText #art #FukudaArtMuseum #福田美術館 #Bijinga #美人画 #Nihonga #日本画 #JapaneseArt #JapaneseArtist #1890sArt
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No.114 『枇杷の花』（びわのはな）Blossoms of the Loquat
#ビワの花 #水墨画 #墨彩画 #墨絵#loquat #sumie #suibokuga #sumi #japaneseartist #sumiart
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No.111 『柿』 Persimmon
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#柿 #水墨画 #墨彩画 #墨絵 #persimmon #sumie #suibokuga #sumiart #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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No.110 『極楽鳥花』（ストレッチア）Strelitzia
#極楽鳥花 #ストレッチア #水墨画 #墨彩画#Strelitzia #sumie #suibokuga #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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No.108 『青海島』 Omi Island (Yamaguchi)
#青海島 #山口 #水墨画 #墨絵 #omishima #yamaguchi #sumie #suibokuga #sumi #japaneseartist #yuritoi
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