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April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 leejayuk

Art of Japan and Shibata Zeshin: Beauty of simplicity

April 16, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Katsushika Hokusai: Eclectic mix

April 15, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and flow of Europe: Fujishima Takeji

April 15, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Tōshi Yoshida: Calm Before the US carpet-bombing storm

April 12, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Shiba Kōkan: Western-style artist of the Edo Period

April 12, 2022 leejayuk

Japan poetry and Takuboku Ishikawa (1886-1912): Pyotr Kropotkin 

April 11, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Buddhism: Sengai Gibon (1750-1837)

April 9, 2022 leejayuk

Japan poetry and Uejima Onitsura (1661-1738): Useless dreams, alas

April 8, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Kawai Gyokudō (1873-1957)

April 7, 2022 leejayuk

Japan novelist and Doppo Kunikida (1871-1908)

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and female artist Uemura Shōen (1875-1949)

April 4, 2022April 5, 2022 leejayuk

Japan novelist and Ashihei Hino: Leftist, nationalist, to writing solace before suicide

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Takeuchi Seihō (1864-1942): Kyoto artist

April 2, 2022April 5, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art in the snow: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)

April 2, 2022April 5, 2022 leejayuk

Japan novelist and Haruo Umezaki: Sakurajima and nationalism under PM Kishida

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 leejayuk

Contemporary Japanese art: The radiant moon and Buddhism

March 31, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Sakai Hōitsu: Snow, the Moon, and Cherry Blossoms

March 30, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and exquisite art of Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755)

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 leejayuk

Japan novelist and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: Tragic ending

March 28, 2022April 17, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 leejayuk

Japan poetry and Hideo Oguma: Socialist leanings and northern sadness

March 27, 2022March 27, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Goshun: Flow of Buddhism, China, Confucianism, and Kansai

March 26, 2022March 26, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924): Anti-China and modern nationalism 

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 leejayuk

Japan novelist and Takiji Kobayashi (1903-1933): Communist martyr

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and the Edo artist Katsukawa Shunzan

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 leejayuk

Japan novelist and Futabatei Shimei (1864-1909): Inspired by Russia

March 23, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Yamamoto Baiitsu: Edo artist

March 21, 2022 leejayuk

Japan novelist and Ichiyō Higuchi (1872-1896): Tragic life

March 20, 2022March 20, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Toshikata Mizuno (1866-1908)

March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 leejayuk

Japan novelist and Miyamoto Yuriko (1899-1951): Communist, Feminist, and torture

March 18, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Mori Sosen (1747-1821): Delightful art of animals 

March 16, 2022March 16, 2022 leejayuk

Japan literature and Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916): The afterthought 

March 14, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Ohara Koson: Kacho-ga art of birds and nature

March 13, 2022March 13, 2022 leejayuk

Kanae Yamamoto and Japan art: Legacy of Russia

March 11, 2022April 29, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Natori Shunsen: Tragedy of life

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Hishida Shunsō: The ticking clock of life

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Kitano Tsunetomi: Impact of Osaka

March 9, 2022 leejayuk

Tokyo art and Koshiro Onchi: Sosaku Hanga

March 7, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Takahashi Shōtei: Beauty of snow

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 leejayuk

Japan at and Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950): Lover of nature

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Hokusai: Mount Fuji and the working-class

March 3, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Goyō Hashiguchi: Death bed art

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Yamamura Kōka (Toyonari): Meiji to Showa 

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 leejayuk

Saitama tourism: Heirinji Buddhist Temple in easy reach of Tokyo 

February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 leejayuk

Contemporary Japanese artist: Buddhism, Shintoism, and Monks in the snow 

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 leejayuk

Taisho Japan (1912-1926) and Uzaki Sumikazu: Postcards and children 

February 23, 2022 leejayuk

Japanese contemporary artist: Trees, Shinto, and contrast

February 21, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and the richness of Shin Hanga

February 17, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and the last Meiji ukiyo-e flourish

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and tragic life of a socialist sympathizer: The state apparatus 

February 13, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art by Sakai Hōitsu and Buddhism

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 leejayuk

Rinpa art in Japan and its link to Nichiren Buddhism 

February 5, 2022February 5, 2022 leejayuk

Female warrior in 12th century Japan: Tomoe Gozen and art 

February 2, 2022 leejayuk

Japan tourism and Shintoism: Samukawa Shinto Shrine in Kanagawa

January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Takeshiro Kanokogi: A world turned upside down

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Shinto: Mountains in blue, Buddhism, and Kami 

January 26, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and the early life of Kanzan Shimomura

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art: Adorable mixture of trees and the lone Buddhist monk

January 22, 2022January 22, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Sakai Dōitsu (1845-1913): Mount Fuji

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art, China, and Zen Buddhism: Hakuin Ekaku (1686-1769) 

January 18, 2022 leejayuk

Saitama tourism and Buddhism: Delightful Chichibu

January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 leejayuk

Tokyo artist during the  Edo era: From fishmonger to esteemed art 

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 leejayuk

Dutch winter landscapes based on Hendrick Avercamp by Japanese artist 

January 12, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Western influence in late Edo and early Meiji

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 leejayuk

Japan art and Buddhism – the mirror of life! 

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 leejayuk

Art of Japan: Depictions of women in Edo Period

January 1, 2022January 1, 2022 leejayuk

Japanese art and the majesty of the sky 

December 31, 2021 leejayuk

Tourism in Nagano and Jigokudani Monkey Park

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 leejayuk

Buddhism and the Japanese calligrapher Sugawara Mitsushige: Bodhisattva Kannon

December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and influence of China: Sakaki Hyakusen and Buddhism

December 26, 2021 leejayuk

Japan poetry and a life blighted by ill-health: Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)

December 25, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and Hishida Shunsō: A life cut short

December 22, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and Gyoshu Hayami (1894-1935)

December 20, 2021 leejayuk

Japanese art and Tanaka Hōji (1812-1885)

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and culture: Kaihō Yūshō (1533-1615), Buddhism, and China 

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and the fusion of ideas: Watanabe Shikō (1683-1755)

December 12, 2021June 3, 2022 leejayuk

Art of Japan and Ikeda Koson: Hinoki Cypresses

December 11, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and rinpa: Buddhism and high culture

December 7, 2021 leejayuk

The Chinese artist Shen Quan and his stay in Edo Japan: Sublime nature

December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and Yanagisawa Kien: Edo artist influenced by Buddhism, China, and Confucianism

December 2, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and the individualism of Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799)

November 29, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and bijan-ga (beautiful ladies) of the Edo Period

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and self-portrait while dying: Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650)

November 22, 2021 leejayuk

Japan art and the intriguing Hanabusa Itchō (1652-1724)

November 20, 2021 leejayuk

Art of Japan and Sanraku: Pre-Edo period to early Edo and anti-Christianity

November 15, 2021 leejayuk

Art of 12th century Japan: Mitsunaga and a glimpse into the ending of the Heian Period

November 6, 2021November 6, 2021 leejayuk

Art of Japan and Hishida Shunsō: Nature and Buddhism 

November 3, 2021 leejayuk

Art of Japan and the Middle Kingdom (China): Buddhism, Confucianism, and other ideas

October 30, 2021 leejayuk

Art of Japan and exquisite birds by Yamamoto Kōitsu (1843-1905)

October 27, 2021 leejayuk

Art of Japan and Hōitsu: A delightful triptych of nature by this Buddhist monk

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