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‘The Store of Mitsui in Suruga-cho, the Eastern Capital’ print by Katsushika Hokusai

2.The Store of Mitsui in Suruga-cho, the Eastern Capital   Mt. Fuji in the center separates the screen. By all rights, there should be the street under the image, but the part above the signboard is drawn. It similar to ‘Asakusa Hongan-ji temple in the Eastern capital‘ of the Kawara workmen and the kite show the […]

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Mount Fuji ukiyo-e art ‘Nihonbashi, Edo’ by Katsushika Hokusai

1. Nihonbashi, Edo     Nihonbashi Bridge was a bridge that became the starting point of five highway, Tokaido, Nakasendo, Koshudo, Nikkodo, and Ooshudo. Katsushika Hokusai(1760-1849) used the perspective method for the artworks.    According to the documents at the time, Nihonbashi was about 50 meters in length. As the print shows, the various people always crossed over the bridge

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Famous The Great Wave Off Kanagawa art print, painted by Katsushika Hokusai

The Japanese big wave art, The Great Wave off Kanagawa(kanagawa oki nami ura) ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ (woodblock printing) is one of the most famous art not only of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)‘s prints but also throughout the country(but actually, there are quite a few Japanese who do not know the title of the picture…). You might not be able to

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi, goldfishes ukiyo-e prints (Kingyo zukushi)

“All kind of goldfishes (金魚づくし, Kingyo-zukushi)” by Utagawa Kuniyoshi Utagawa Kuniyoshi(1798-1861) was an ukiyo-e artist who was good at coming up with an ingenious plan for the works. He created woodblock printings freely and drawn a wide range of pictures from impressive to cute. Kingyo-zukushi is one of the gi-ga  (戯画) that the theme is funny picuture. Kuniyoshi personified goldfishes in

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Best 10 love haiku poetry collections by famous Japanese poets

Romantic Japanese love lyrics of 5-7-5 haiku for English three lines From “Anthology of Poems: The Love Section” ukiyo-e art prints by Kitagawa Utamaro Most of the themes of Japanese haiku are about nature or everyday life, but there are excellent poems of love from Edo period to the present day. The following haiku poems

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Kitagawa Utamaro’s art woodblcok prints of Okita

Naniwa-ya Okita, one of the most famous model of Utamaro’s woodblock prints Among the ukiyo-e artists in Japan, Kitagawa Utamaro was second to none in beautiful woman portrait(bijinga). He painted various pictures of middle class women in Edo, but especially Naniwa-ya Okita appeared in many works.  But originally she was only a town girl. The woman who is in the right of

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The summer haiku poem examples by Japanese famous poets

Japanese 5-7-5 summer haiku to English three lines <img width=”547″ height=”800″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hokusai_taki_4.jpg” alt=”” srcset=”https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hokusai_taki_4.jpg?w=547&amp;ssl=1 547w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hokusai_taki_4.jpg?resize=103%2C150&amp;ssl=1 103w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hokusai_taki_4.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w” sizes=”(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px” /> Four seasons haiku poems by famous haiku poets</p> <ul> <li > <a href=”http://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/literatures-and-poems/haiku/spring-haiku-poem-examples-famous-poets”> Spring haiku poems </a> </li> <li > <a href=”http://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/literatures-and-poems/haiku/summer-haiku-poem-examples-famous-poets”> Summer haiku poems </a> </li> <li > <a href=”http://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/literatures-and-poems/haiku/autumn-haiku-poem-examples-famous-poets”>

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Spring haiku poems of Japanese famous poets

Exapmles of Japanese 5-7-5 spring haiku to English three line <img width=”640″ height=”957″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.016.jpg” alt=”” srcset=”https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.016.jpg?w=642&amp;ssl=1 642w, https://i1.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/No.016.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w” sizes=”(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px” /> <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 /></p> <p>Please read haiku poems about spring by the various Japanese haiku poet, <a href=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/literatures-and-poems/kobayashi-issa-haiku-poems” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Kobayashi

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