2018

Best 10 luxury ryokan in Hakone. The traditional hotels with hot spring!

Relaxing at the comfortable accommodations with onsen around Mt. Hakone Since it only takes an hour and a half, Hakone is well‐known as a resort for a day trip, where they can enjoy the nature including Mt. Fuji and Ashinoko Lake, museums, and foods. The Edo ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige drew the landscape of the picture of Mt. […]

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Three beauties of the present day

Three Beauties of the Present Day (Tôji san bijin) by Kitagawa Utamaro

Three Beauties of the Present Day (Tôji san bijin) print by Kitagawa Utamaro <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/409px-thumbnail.jpg” data-elementor-open-lightbox=”yes” data-elementor-lightbox-title=”Three beauties of the present day”> <img width=”409″ height=”599″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/409px-thumbnail.jpg” alt=”Three beauties of the present day” srcset=”https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/409px-thumbnail.jpg?w=409&amp;ssl=1 409w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/409px-thumbnail.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w” sizes=”(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px” /> </a> <br /><!– Japacul Link Unit –><br /><ins style=”display: block;” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-2105416879233547″ data-ad-slot=”3145397812″ data-ad-format=”link” data-full-width-responsive=”true”></ins><br

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"Otani Oniji as Yakko Edobei" Toshusai Sharaku kabuki woodblock printing

Sharaku’s Otani Oniji and Ichikawa Omezo ukiyo-e prints

Famous Japanese kabuki actor woodblock print, “Otani Oniji as Edobei” by Toshusai Sharaku When it comes to talking about Toshusai Sharaku (?-?), we can hardly discuss without taking the bold woodblock print into account. The name of the artwork is “Otani Oniji as Edobei”. More precisely, the actor is Otani Oniji Ⅲ (1759–96). Thought it is

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Light rain at Shono art woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige

‘Shono, the evening squall from “Fifty-three stages on Tokaido” series <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/No.047.jpg” data-elementor-open-lightbox=”yes” data-elementor-lightbox-title=”No.047″> <img width=”1024″ height=”643″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/No.047-1024×643.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/No.047.jpg?resize=1024%2C643&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/No.047.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/No.047.jpg?resize=768%2C482&amp;ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/No.047.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w” sizes=”(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px” /> </a> <br /><!– Japa Link Unit 2 –><br /><ins style=”display: block;” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-2105416879233547″ data-ad-slot=”3791981835″ data-ad-format=”link” data-full-width-responsive=”true”></ins><br /></p> <h2>One of the most famous artworks

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Mystery of famous Hiroshige’s snowy Kambara woodblock ukiyo-e painting

Did Hiroshige really draw the landscape of Kambara? 15.Kambara, the snow in the night, by Utagawa Hiroshige Kambara, the snow in the night from “Fifty-three stages on the Tokaido” series Among numberless other landscape ukiyo-e printings, the artworks of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) receive the highest evaluation inside and outside the country.  One of the most famous artworks is Kambara,

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Katsushika Hokusai’s original Phoenix painting in Obuse City

The painting of Phoenix that glares in all directions by Katsushika Hokusai In 1843, a great painter visited the small village Obuse in Shinshu (today’s Nagano Prefecture). The place where you can see the painting of Phoenix even today.  Hokusai and Obuse The great painter was Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). He was 83 years old at that time.

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Oigen’s Nambu Tekki (Japanese cast iron) cookware products

Traditional Japanese southern cast iron (Nambu Tekki) company, Oigen <p style=”text-align: center;”><a title=”Oigen Nambu Ironware Sukiyaki &amp; Dumplings Iron Pan Ca-4 26cm Japan Import :972″ href=”https://www.amazon.com/Oigen-Nambu-Ironware-Sukiyaki-Dumplings/dp/B000IGKOEI?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRKC6WE3NL42JJSQ&amp;tag=hachihachi-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=B000IGKOEI” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”><img src=”https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51wXIR5pYVL.jpg” alt=”Oigen Nambu Ironware Sukiyaki &amp; Dumplings Iron Pan Ca-4 26cm Japan Import :972″ width=”500″ height=”500″ /></a></p> In the 17th century, the history of the Nambu Tekki started

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