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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, Michele Derrick, Lucía Pereira Pardo, Ryoko Matsuba   +3 more
doaj   +4 more sources

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)

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, Margherita Longoni, Valeria Pesce, Maria Chiara Palandri, Aurora Canepari, Nicola Ludwig, Silvia Bruni   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Developing a systematic approach to determine the sequence of impressions of Japanese woodblock prints: the case of Hokusai’s ‘Red Fuji’

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, Lucia Pereira-Pardo, Peter J. McElhinney, Joanne Dyer   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Evidence of early amorphous arsenic sulfide production and use in Edo period Japanese woodblock prints by Hokusai and Kunisada

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
doaj   +3 more sources

Natural and Synthetic Arsenic Sulfide Pigments in Japanese Woodblock Prints of the Late Edo Period [PDF]

Heritage Science, 2018
Abstract We recently described the use of an artificial arsenic sulfide pigment in Japanese woodblock prints from the Meiji period (1868–1912): we now expand on our previous work by investigating arsenic sulfide pigments used in Japanese woodblock prints of the late Edo period (1615–1868) and early Meiji period.
Stephanie Zaleski, Marco Leona
exaly   +3 more sources

Reading an Artist’s Intention From the Composition (RAIC): Eye Movements and Aesthetic Experience in Japanese Woodblock Prints

Frontiers in Psychology
Background Understanding the cognitive mechanisms and decision-making processes involved in aesthetic judgement of visual art has become a growing focus in recent research. While eye movements have been strongly associated with impression evaluations, the underlying processes linking gaze behaviour and aesthetic
Antoni B Chan, Yuka Nojo
exaly   +4 more sources

Брюсов и Хокусай: Заметка об одном эротическом образе [Bryusov and Hokusai: A Note on One Erotic Image]

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
doaj   +1 more source

Xiyu wenjian lu by Qishiyi: Materials on the History of Central Asian Peoples in Mid-to-Late 18th Century Revisited

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
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the connoisseurship approach: creating a chronology in Hokusai prints using non-invasive techniques and multivariate data analysis

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, Lucia Burgio, Nathalie Vandeperre, Elyse Driscoll, Madeleine Viljoen, Janie Woo, Marco Leona   +6 more
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Western medicine and Japanese Kampo medicine are in a complementary relationship — Stillness and movement are beautifully harmonized in Japanese Kampo medicine

Traditional &Kampo Medicine, Volume 10, Issue 2, Page 97-102, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective This review is a general outline to have a proper understanding of Japanese Kampo medicine from my point of view. Background What is the basis of medical care? The answer is how to capture the signals emitted by the living body. In western medicine, diagnosis with a disease name is required for medical therapy to acquire a medical ...
Koichiro Tatsumi
wiley   +1 more source