Ten Japanese Street Style Brands Now Available In The Usa By: Fashion Stores Online | -
If you are trendy and into hip street style fashion, you have most likely ran into this scenario quite a few times: You find something on the Internet that you just have to own, only to learn that it can't be purchased outside of one of the most chic street style fashion countriesJapan. This has probably given you quite a few facepalms too. However, if youre desperate enough, you can track down a proxy service to buy it and ship it to you, but you'll have to break the bank to pay ... Tags:street style, fashion street style, 2011 street style, desig
In his early years (the age of 7) Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) was already fascinated by pictures of warriors and kabuki actors. At the age of 14 he became a member of the successful Utagawa school and was one of the many talented students under master Utagawa Toyokuni I. After an initial laborious start with modest successes he rediscovered the subject of the Suikoden Heroes and his first few prints were an instant commercial success.
10 Appealing Japanese Shunga Woodblock Prints By: Artscene | - Shunga, literally "Images of Spring", is the generic term used to describe erotic prints, books, scrolls and paintings of Japan.
As a dealer of Japanese woodblock prints and shunga in particular I have come accross numerous striking and evocative designs. The following 10 shunga designs appeal to me and are in no typical order. These prints I saw in books, on auctions and in private collections.
Suppressed Themes In The Woodblock Art Of Shunga By: Artscene | - Shunga, literally "Images of Spring", is the generic term used to describe erotic prints, books, scrolls and paintings of Japan.
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Only recently (1990s) the study of shunga images depicting male-male and female-female acts of love have been commenced. This belated research of this "hidden domain" was caused by the official censorship in Japan and also because of the unease and prudery concerning the specific subject-matter in the past.
Isoda Koryusai (c.1735-90) originally a samurai became, after the death of his master, the lord of Tsuchiya, a so-called r'nin (a lordless knight) and a 'floating man'. Most of these 'floating people' ended up in low water but Koryusai chose to be a painter and a designer of woodblock prints. At first he was most probably a student of Nishimura Shigenaga (1697-1756) but his friend and Ukiyo-e master Harunobu (c.1725-1770) had the greatest influence on his work. It wa ... Tags:koryusai, harunobu, kiyonaga, erotic, utamaro, shunga, hokusai
The beginning of the shunga genre is connected with the origins of Ukiyo-e ('Images of the floating world') and starts with the work of Hishikawa Moronobu and his school between 1660-1670. Originally shunga were published as erotic manuals (guides) for the most popular courtesans in houses of pleasure. But with the growth of pro ... Tags:shunga, hokusai, utamaro, japanese woodblock print, ukiyo-e, edo
