Pictures of the Floating World

Eleven minutes but worth watching.

Doesn't this woodblock look like its out of an early Studio Ghibli animation? It's called Car Town (Toyota) by Japanese Artist Fumio Kitaoka (1918-2007).

Another super modern looking silkscreen by Japanese artist Go (Tsuyoshi) Yayanagi (1933-Present). It's called Flower Like the Blue Sky.

Japanese silkscreen with a very modern feel by Ay-O (1931-Present. Part of a series of cats done by the artist. This one is called "Anger."

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I've had two stuffed peacocks on driftwood in my apt since the 1990's, When they die, they do not rot or decay for a very long time making them ideal for taxidermy & as a symbol or immortality. In Honolulu I saw white peafowl for the first time (wow). Yang Shanshen (Chinese painter) White Peacocks

This woodblock takes me back to the year I lived on Maui (decades ago). A friend had a boat that offered sunset cruises and we'd look back on the W.Maui Mountains, often surrounded by Humpback Whales. I moved to Honolulu for 2 years after that. Ito Takashi 1894-1982 Ameshiriro #japanese #woodblock

I love the violet and greens in this painting. I also like how the rule of thirds is incorporated into triangles making the composition sing. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Shono Driving Rain #japanese #woodblock

Watanabe Shotei-aka Hiroaki 1871-1945. Tea Pavilion in the Night #japanese #woodblock

Toshi Yoshida 1911-1995 Urayasu 1951 #japanese Woodblock

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) Autumn Rainbow at Hatta, Kaga 1924. #japanese #woodblock

I like to post contemporary Japanese artists on this feed from time to time. One of my favorites is a mysterious artist/illustrator that call themselves #Avogado6 who has a clever way of seeing the world.

Shinsui Ito (1898-1972) Dance Kagami jishi #japanese #woodblock

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Sagami Jiro Tairanomaskado #japanese #woodblock

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) Spring Rain at the Gokoku Temple 1932 #japanese #woodblock

Ohara Koson (1877-1945) Cat and Goldfish #japanese #woodblock

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) Fujiwara Yasumasa plays the flute by moonlight #japanese Woodblock

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) Kyoto, the Nue Monster Edo (1852)

Junichiro Sekino (1914-.1988) Siamese cat with kitten #japanese #woodblock

Kasamatsu Shiro (1898-1992) Pagoda in Evening Rain #japanese #woodblock

Kawase Hasui 1883-1957 Morning at Niju Bridge (1930) #japanese #woodblock

Oda Kazuma (1881-1956 Scenes of san in view of Mihanoseki at Izumo #japanese #woodblock

Mike Dorsey is a painter/tattoo artist famous for his Japanese inspired body art. There is a book of his reimagined Japanese imagery called Japan Reimagined.

Hideshi Yoshida (1968-present) Title: Prisoner to the Nth power #japanese #woodblock

Kaoru Saito (1931-Present) Sunset Glow. Mezzotint (engraved on copper or steel, not wood) #japanese

Katsuyuki Nishijima (1945-Present) Title: Katata #japanese #woodblock

Katsuyuki Nishijima (1945-Present) Rising Sun #japanese #woodblock

Masao Ido (1945-2016) Evening Glow #japanese #woodblock

Kaoru Saito (1931-present) Cattleya and butterflies #japanese #woodblock

Hodaka Yoshida 1926-1995 Landscape Gemini Series: Constellation #japanese #woodblock

Fumio Kitaoka (1918-2007) Mt. Daisen (Tottori) #japanese #woodblock

Masao Ido (1945-2016) Tomo. Shiomachi Port #japanese #woodblock

Joshua Rome b.1953 Born in America, Moved to Japan in 1970's. Market Day #woodblock

Happy Caturday! "Wellies" by UK animation artist #DanBurgess.

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Yoshijiro Urushibara 1888-1953 Vase #japanese #woodblock

UtagawaKunisadaIII 1848-1940 -DragonandJapaneseintraditionalcostume #Japanese #woodblock

I like to share contemporary Japanese artists from time to time on this feed. Tokyo artist Kiwako Suzuki (b.1967) is an artist and art Restorer that graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts. She uses sold and silver leaf in her works.

Kajita Hanko (1870-1917) Sleeping Beauty/A Nap 1906 #japanese #woodblock

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) Kamo River, bosho 1934 #japanese #woodblock

Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949) Rain at Kofukuji Temple 1937 #japanese #woodblock

Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) Dondo Yaki (New Years bonfire festival) #japanese #woodblock

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) The Village of the Shi Clan on a Moonlit Night, Kumonryu #japanese #woodblock

Yamamura Koka (Toyonari) (1885-1942) Actor Morita Kan'ya XIII as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables 1921 #japanese #woodblock

Yamamura Koka (Toyonari) 1885-1942 Dancing at the New Carlton Hotel, Shanghai Taisho period, early 20th century #japanese #woodblock