Happy 95th birthday to Yayoi Kusama, born #OTD 22 March 1929! Here are a trio of colorful canines from The Life of Animals in #JapaneseArt exhibition at the National Gallery of Art DC (2019).
1 Megu-chan, 2014
2 Toko-chan, 2013
3 Sho-chan, 2013
fiberglass-reinforced plastic, paint
“The Japanese titles of these sculptures refer to affectionate nicknames for childhood friends.” #DogsInArt
The iconic Great Wave 🌊woodblock from Japanese printmaker Katsushika Hokusai is part of a 46-piece series depicting Mount Fuji across landscapes and seasons. Today, a complete set of Hokusai’s 36 Views of Mount Fuji is heading to auction for the first time in 20 years. Learn more about Hokusai’s wide-ranging influence and the collector who’s been amassing his work.
➡️ via Observer: “Hokusai’s Full Mount Fuji Series Could Fetch $5M in Christie’s Asia Week New York Sale”
Momotaro (Peach Boy) is a hero of Japanese folklore. He arrived to Earth in a giant peach and was raised by an elderly couple. With the help of a talking dog, pheasant and monkey, he travelled to a distant island to defeat the oni (demons) living there and returned home a hero. #JapaneseFolklore#folklore#folktale#folktales#JapaneseArt@folklore
This Sunday, Selene (Ambaran) and I will play Japanese sea musics on flutes & harps in the manga studio of "Keep In Mind" by Kim Houtzager in Nieuwegein.
Supported by @japanfans & the Japans Cultureel Centrum Utrecht, with artwork by Selene, by Kim and by BudoGirl. 😉
Hokusai’s 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō 1801 is something completely different! It is his first. It is different from the many other well known 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō in that Hokusai does not focus on the landscape and the markers that Hiroshige and others showed. Instead Hokusai focus on the events, the interactions between the travellers, the tales that you will share with your friends when you get back home.