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- 27 Dec 2003
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Watch as an 浮世絵 (うきよえ) (ukiyoe) poster is printed. The preferred wood for a block is cherry. (Do you know the difference between a cherry tree and a cherry blossom tree?)
This YouTuber has a large additional number of videos on how ukiyoe posters are made.
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This YouTuber has a large additional number of videos on how ukiyoe posters are made.
Kenji Takenaka
Kenji Takenaka [Woodblock artist＆craftsman] Founded in 1891, Takenaka is the fifth generation woodblock artist. He is the CEO of Takezasado Co., Ltd. Contact Us / [email protected] WEB https://kenjitakenaka.kyoto/ instagram @ukiyoe_woodcut_woodblock_print
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- 27 Dec 2003
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The term 浮世絵 (うきよえ) (ukiyoe) translates as "Pictures of the floating world," but the term "floating world" is a bit confusing, so an explanation is necessary. Some people say that the world "floating" literally refers to life along the banks of the Sumida River in Tokyo, where Hokusai was born. In addition, the floating world can perhaps be better said to be the recreation/pleasure/partying/sensuality world of the life that happened on boats that
floated up and down the river during the Edo Period. It was into the midst of this world that Hokusai was born and grew up. Watch from 2:40 as this is explained. The point is also made at 3:49 that the idea of a "floating world" of recreation started in the middle of the 1600's and was already in full swing when Hokusai was born in 1760.
(Watch from 5:12 as a drawing on paper is transferred to a block of wood, then a carver does the meticulous work of carving the image into the wood.)
At 6:18 the point is made that the 浮世絵 art form was already well-established when Hokusai began making his own prints. (Hokusai did not invent 浮世絵.) But Hokusai took it to a much higher level. By the time he was in his mid 60's, he was known as the undisputed master of 浮世絵.
It is said at 19:33 That Hokusai even created the term "manga" and he painted many manga images. (But today's manga is quite different.) Hokusai's manga and illustrated novels are seen as the foundation of today's modern manga. We can see from 18:10 some of Hokusai's manga.
Did you know Hokusai also did regular paintings? Even more amazing, he was commissioned by some Dutch people during this time to do some paintings in 1822 of everyday Edo life. Take a look from 22:28.
At 24:27 we hear how Hokusai's grandson gets the family (and Hokusai) into serious gambling debt. Hokusai is now broke. But it is this financial challenge in Hokusai's elderly years that help to motivate him into painting his most famous works, "The 36 Views of Mount Fuji."
Hokusai's greatest masterpiece is "The Great Wave," but take a look at an amazing work from 20 years earlier, at 31:44, of the same situation, from years before, minus an image of Mount Fuji.
In Japan, Hokusai's most popular picture is not "The Great Wave" but "Red Fuji."
But look at the following image at 38:18. According to the video, Mount Fuji in the original picture was not such solid colors red, but was composed of various shades of red, blue, etc. But thousands of 'solid-color' images were mass-produced from the original, and depicting a 'solid-red' Fuji was easier to mass-produce and sell.
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Hokusai also did a number of sublime paintings in his final years. Enjoy them from 45:52 to 56:15.
floated up and down the river during the Edo Period. It was into the midst of this world that Hokusai was born and grew up. Watch from 2:40 as this is explained. The point is also made at 3:49 that the idea of a "floating world" of recreation started in the middle of the 1600's and was already in full swing when Hokusai was born in 1760.
(Watch from 5:12 as a drawing on paper is transferred to a block of wood, then a carver does the meticulous work of carving the image into the wood.)
At 6:18 the point is made that the 浮世絵 art form was already well-established when Hokusai began making his own prints. (Hokusai did not invent 浮世絵.) But Hokusai took it to a much higher level. By the time he was in his mid 60's, he was known as the undisputed master of 浮世絵.
It is said at 19:33 That Hokusai even created the term "manga" and he painted many manga images. (But today's manga is quite different.) Hokusai's manga and illustrated novels are seen as the foundation of today's modern manga. We can see from 18:10 some of Hokusai's manga.
Did you know Hokusai also did regular paintings? Even more amazing, he was commissioned by some Dutch people during this time to do some paintings in 1822 of everyday Edo life. Take a look from 22:28.
At 24:27 we hear how Hokusai's grandson gets the family (and Hokusai) into serious gambling debt. Hokusai is now broke. But it is this financial challenge in Hokusai's elderly years that help to motivate him into painting his most famous works, "The 36 Views of Mount Fuji."
Hokusai's greatest masterpiece is "The Great Wave," but take a look at an amazing work from 20 years earlier, at 31:44, of the same situation, from years before, minus an image of Mount Fuji.
In Japan, Hokusai's most popular picture is not "The Great Wave" but "Red Fuji."
But look at the following image at 38:18. According to the video, Mount Fuji in the original picture was not such solid colors red, but was composed of various shades of red, blue, etc. But thousands of 'solid-color' images were mass-produced from the original, and depicting a 'solid-red' Fuji was easier to mass-produce and sell.
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Hokusai also did a number of sublime paintings in his final years. Enjoy them from 45:52 to 56:15.
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- 6 Mar 2003
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This one is also Hokusai?
- 27 Dec 2003
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Hokusai was a master artist, and seems to have been a nice person. But he also had a dark side. It seems he had a fixation on ghosts, goblins, and other
bad creatures from the afterlife, especially during the last three years of his life. (Did he have an unnatural fear of death and hell, or was it simply a fascination?) Take a look.
bad creatures from the afterlife, especially during the last three years of his life. (Did he have an unnatural fear of death and hell, or was it simply a fascination?) Take a look.
- 27 Dec 2003
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Would you like to fly a very realistic jet fighter simulator? Here is one near Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
This YouTuber has a whole list of aviation videos.
This YouTuber has a whole list of aviation videos.
- 27 Dec 2003
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Japan's population continues to decline, which means ridership on trains also continues to decline, especially in rural areas. One rural railroad, Choshi Electric Railway, has even gone go far as to sell naming rights to its station as a way to raise more revenue.
- 27 Dec 2003
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In my preceding post, I forgot to mention how the train line has sold the naming rights to one of its stations to the Republic of Nauru, which gave it the name -- you guessed it -- of the Republic of Nauru (ナウル共和国). Take a look at this screenshot from 5:01.
- 27 Dec 2003
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Here is a temple, near Kyoto , which specializes in Daruma Dolls.
Watch from 14:52 as he explains how people buy a Daruma doll when they have a wish, and paint in the second eye when they achieve their wish. (He then talks about a ceremony of burning the Daruma doll at the temple at the end of the year, as a way of expressing gratitude, a ceremony which I had not heard of before.)
Watch from 14:52 as he explains how people buy a Daruma doll when they have a wish, and paint in the second eye when they achieve their wish. (He then talks about a ceremony of burning the Daruma doll at the temple at the end of the year, as a way of expressing gratitude, a ceremony which I had not heard of before.)
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- 27 Dec 2003
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Are you ready to speed-wrap your Christmas gifts, the Japanese way, using only one piece of tape? (There are a LOT more such wrapping videos on YouTube.) The first time I saw this kind of wrapping being done in a department store in Japan, I was amazed!
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A little cycling inspiration for anyone else who needed it
My eventual goal is to cycle the coastline of as many islands as I can.
My eventual goal is to cycle the coastline of as many islands as I can.
- 27 Dec 2003
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Why are so many Japanese young people refusing to have children? We need to look at the reality of growing up Japanese. It is because of something called "existential depression." They are too much in a 'grey funk' to have the passion of raising a family. (If you have time, do a search for "existential depression" on Google.)
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