| TATTOOS IREZUMI.US - ORIENTAL IREZUMI AND OCCIDENTAL TATTOOING IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN - Good article by KAZUO OGURI, MY LIFE IN TATTOOING - Japanese tattoo artist who draws his inspiration from the designs of Kuniyoshi and other ukiyo-e masters. |
PRINTS A GUIDE TO UKIYO-E SITES ON THE INTERNET - A huge listing of sites. Very good!! SETSUGEKKA - Japanese Art and the Japanese View of Nature. UKIYO-E - The Pictures of the Floating World. VIEWING JAPANESE PRINTS - John Fiorillo's encyclopedic articles on various aspects of ukiyo-e, shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga. MASAKI OKADA: KABUKI RECORDED IN UKIYO-E PRINTS - A useful essay. JAPANESE PRINTS AND THE WORLD OF GO - By William Pinckard. THE FLOATING WORLD OF UKIYO-E - Shadows, dreams, and substance. JAPAN UKIYO-E MUSEUM - SINISTER DESIGNS - HISTORICAL SUMO IMAGES - a large collection of sumo prints. 24 VIEWS OF MT. FUJI - Hokusai Katsushika 1760-1849, was a prolific and influential artist of 19th century Japan, particularly well known for his ukiyo-e woodblock prints. TOKYO METROPOLITAN LIBRARY - An image database with more than 8000 prints, Japanese text only. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER - displaying medical prints from the Clendening Library HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) The Woodblock Prints of Ando Hiroshige - An online display of several series by Hiroshige. Webmuseum Paris - Ando Hiroshige. HOKUSAI (1760-1849) THE HOKUSAI MUSEUM - Opened in 1976 in Obuse. Webmuseum Paris - Katsushika Hokusai. |
| CULTURE & ARTWORK TEACHING AND LEARNING ABOUT JAPAN - JAPANESE ZEN GARDENS - 100's of stunningly beautiful photos by Frantisek Staud. KABUKI FOR EVERYONE - OGURA HYAKUNIN ISSHU - 100 poems by 100 poets. WELCOME TO EDO-JO - Ken Matsushima offers a virtual tour of Japan in the Edo period, with numerous ukiyo-e illustrations. JAPANESE EDUCATION ICONOGRAPHY - |
| LINKS TO JAPANESE TATTOOS, ART, UKIYO-E, AND CULTURE. |
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