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From Materials to Technique: A Complete Non-Invasive Investigation of a Group of Six Ukiyo-E Japanese Woodblock Prints of the Oriental Art Museum E. Chiossone (Genoa, Italy) [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 In the present work, a complete non-invasive scientific investigation of six Utagawa Kunisada’s woodblock prints (nishiki-e) belonging to the Oriental Art Museum “E. Chiossone” (Genoa, Italy), was performed in situ.
Marco Gargano +6 more
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Establishing the production chronology of the iconic Japanese woodblock print ‘Red Fuji’ [PDF]
Arts et Sciences, 2021 First printed in 1831, ‘Red Fuji' by Hokusai is one the most iconic Japanese woodblock prints and thousands of impressions were printed from its original set of woodblocks, often in different colour schemes and using different printing effects for different editions. The aim of our research was to systematically study these variations and determine the
Capucine Korenberg +3 more
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Fireflies in Art: Emphasis on Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Edo, Meiji, and Taishō Periods. [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Examining how insects are represented in artwork can provide insight into people’s perceptions and attitudes towards arthropods, as well as document human–insect interactions and how they change through time. Fireflies are well-known bioluminescent beetles (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of great cultural significance, especially in Japan.
Prischmann-Voldseth DA.
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Integrating liquid chromatography mass spectrometry into an analytical protocol for the identification of organic colorants in Japanese woodblock prints. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 AbstractThree Japanese woodblock prints from the Edo period (1603–1868) underwent a scientific investigation with the aim of understanding the changes in the colorants used in Japanese printing techniques. A multi-analytical approach was adopted, combining non-invasive techniques, such as fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS), Raman spectroscopy,
Vermeulen M +5 more
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Slavica Revalensia, 2022 This article concerns the likely source of an erotic image from Valery Bryusov’s hoax poem collection Stikhi Nelli (Nelli’s Poems). It shows that the image of an octopus copulating with a woman in the culmination of the poem “Nochnoi ropot” (“Night ...
Pavel Uspensky
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Oriental Studies, 2022 Introduction. The article examines the Chinese written source Xiyu wenjian lu 西域闻见录 (‘Record of Things Seen and Heard in the Western Regions’) by the Manchu official Qishiyi (Chunyuan) and its data on the history and ethnography of Central Asian peoples
Natalya E. Karimova, Temur E. Tulibayev
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Heritage Science, 2020 This study combines scientific and connoisseurship approaches to establish a production chronology of 141 woodblock prints from Katsushika Hokusai’s series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji belonging to different cultural institutions in Europe and the ...
Marc Vermeulen +6 more
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Heritage Science, 2019 Ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints were mass-produced in the Edo Period and early impressions of a given print are generally of higher quality and more sought after by connoisseurs than late impressions.
Capucine F. Korenberg +3 more
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The Culture of Play: Kabuki and the Production of Texts [PDF]
, 2005 In this essay, I will make a case that performance in Japan has been a catalyst for the artistic production of physical objects, both visual and literary texts.
Gerstle, Andrew
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Heritage Science, 2019 This study explores the evolution of the manufacturing process of artificial arsenic sulfide pigments in Edo-period Japan through the analysis of three impressions of the same print dated from the 1830s and attributed to Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849 ...
Marc Vermeulen, Marco Leona
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