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The terminology included may relate to prehistoric art of the Jomon and Yayoi periods, Japanese Buddhist art, nihonga techniques using sumi and other pigments and dyes, various artisan crafts such as lacquerware techniques, katana and swordmaking, temple, shrine, and castle architecture, carpentry terms, words relating to kimono making industry ...
The Japanese terms for vertical (portrait) and horizontal (landscape) formats for images are tate-e (縦絵) and yoko-e (横絵), respectively. Below is a table of common Tokugawa-period print sizes. Sizes varied depending on the period, and those given are approximate they are based on the pre-printing paper sizes, and paper was often trimmed ...
This is the glossary of Shinto, including major terms on the subject. Words followed by an asterisk (*) are illustrated by an image in one of the photo galleries. Words followed by an asterisk (*) are illustrated by an image in one of the photo galleries.
Japanese art consists of a wide range of art styles and media that includes ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, ukiyo-e paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics, origami, bonsai, and more recently manga and anime.
Japanese art terminology (4 C, 33 P) S. Sculpture terms (1 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Visual arts terminology" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 ...
There is not always a stark line. For example, installations of contemporary art may not be tangible (light art, etc.), or have performing arts elements. Industrial design, graphic design, decorative art, or any other artwork and illustrations used in publications, advertisement, merchandise, etc. may be elevated to art status under certain ...
Japanese Modern Art Painting From 1910 . Edition Stemmle. ISBN 3-908161-85-1; Watson, William, The Great Japan Exhibition: Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868, 1981, Royal Academy of Arts/Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Momoyama, Japanese art in the age of grandeur. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1975. ISBN 978-0-87099-125-7. Murase, Miyeko (2000).
In Japanese art, mitate-e (見立絵) is a subgenre of ukiyo-e that employs allusions, puns, and incongruities, often to parody classical art or events. The term derives from two roots: mitateru (見立る, "to liken one thing to another") [a] and e (絵, "picture").