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| Japanese Weddings in the Edo Period (1615–1868) |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief overview of Edo-period wedding customs: "The social structure of the Edo period (1615–1868) developed under the strict control of the Tokugawa military regime. During this period, the families of the shogunate and provincial leaders (daimyô) arranged marriages based on political interests, and the consent of the shogunate was necessary for a daimyô wedding." With images of 4 related objects.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jwed/hd_jwed.htm | |
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| Japonisme |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief discussion of the influence of Japanese ukiyo-e woodcut prints on European Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters of the 19th century. With 12 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jpon/hd_jpon.htm | |
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| The Kano School of Painting |
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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A brief overview of the Kano school, established by Kano Masanobu (1434-1530). Prominent for more than 300 years, the Kano school is considered to be the "longest lived and most influential school of painting in Japanese history." Closely associated with their powerful patrons, the Tokugawa shogunate, the Kano school prospered throughout the Edo period. With 3 related artworks.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kano/hd_kano.htm | |
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| Make a Temple Book or Japanese Screen |
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| Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
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Students will create their own books and stamps, and can inscribe poetry or good wishes on each others books. They will then take their books with them on a pilgrimage to the Asian Art Museum, the Japanese tea garden, or the beach, and record their impressions. Downloads include instructions and visual guides.
Go to Museum Resource: https://education.asianart.org/resources/make-a-temple-book-or-japanese-screen/ | |
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| Meiji: Tradition in Transition |
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| Virtual Museum Canada
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This website for younger students introduces Meiji Japan from the perspectives of three generations of a fictional family, the Nakamuras, who are depicted as manga characters. The following topics are covered: 1) The Go Game (The Emperor, The Samurai, Politics, Industry, Religions); 2) The Western Parlor (Furniture, Education, Wedding Ceremony); 3) The Japanese Parlor (Decorative Arts, Tea Ceremony, etc.); 4) Ginza (Architecture, Transportation, Fashion, etc.); 5) Sumo. With images of related artworks throughout.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/ViewLoitCollection.do;jsessionid=4207067E8DBC83... | |
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| Monet & Japan |
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| National Gallery of Australia
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Online archive of a 2001 exhibit with "carefully chosen works of Japanese art [that] give us the context for exploring Monet's changing perception of Japan through masterpiece after masterpiece. ... [The exhibit gives] everyone who loves Monet's paintings a chance to understand the ways in which he absorbed the lessons of Japanese art, from his first encounter in the 1860s until the final years after the First World War." Select THEMES from the gray menu at top for text discussions with related images; select COMPARE WORKS to see Monet's paintings next to Japanese prints with related composition, design, and subject elements; and select EDUCATION for information on how to teach using this website.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.nga.gov.au/monetjapan/Default.cfm | |
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| Nagoya TV Ukiyo-e Museum |
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| Nagoya Broadcasting Network
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A virtual museum of ukiyo-e prints from the collection of the Nagoya Broadcasting Network. "The collection not only contains prints beginning with Hishikawa Moronobu, who is considered to be the founder of Ukiyo-e, going all the way to prints from around the end of the Edo Period, but also contains local prints such as Kamigata-e, Nagasaki-e, Yokohama-e Kaika-e (blossoming prints), as well as more recent prints from the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras. As the works vary in diversity, one is able to trace the history of wood-block prints since the Edo Period." Select ENTER THE COLLECTION TO see works by a particular artist; select LIST OF THE COLLECTION to see works in a particular subject area (select from PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE, KABUKI & SUMO, and ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS at the top of the page). With descriptions in Japanese and English.
Go to Museum Resource: http://www.nagoyatv.com/ukiyoe/ | |
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