origami- the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds) chanoyu,tea ceremony- an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea futon- mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raise...
The series title in a cartouche in the shape of the character “go” representing the Go-gawa Club. Each surimono shows something related to the location in Edo, in this case the sub-title is Nihonbashi. What the connection is is not obvious to me; perhaps the fish were a delicacy in...
The National Gallery’s Curator of Australian Prints and Drawings, Dr Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax hopes that Geelong and Victorian audiences will add the names Spowers and Syme to their knowledge of ground-breaking women artists from the era including Margaret Preston, Thea Proctor, Dorrit Black and G...
(which fits the style of Toyokuni’s signature). However, the rest of the design appears to be a program for a dance recital with the names of dances and below the names of Nagauta School musicians and Hayashi percussionists. This makes the exact reason for the print difficult to determine...
Text and titles confer a legitimacy on a work, whether it is a trade mark of the laser print owners, or the household names of stars. Text titles confer status relationships on both the presenters of the cultural artifact and the viewer who has entered into a legal license agreement with ...
Japanese Names That Mean Fallen Angel Tenma (天魔)– Heavenly demon; an angel that has fallen from grace. Akuma (悪魔)– Demon; representing a fallen angel. Yami (闇)– Darkness; symbolizes the fallen state from light. Kurayami (暗闇)– Deep darkness; indicates the loss of light and grace...
This one is particularly noteworthy because it deviates from the current trend of small, charming Japanese newborn girl names. The word Kana does not connote pictures of hearts and flowers but rather ‘the one who holds power.’ There’s a little CEO standing in front of you! 55. Kairi Th...
Family names come first and given names second. Hence, Tanaka Junko is a female name for Junko of the Tanaka family. Titles of respect follow a name. San is a universal title of respect equal to Mr., Miss, Mrs.; therefore Tanaka-san could mean Mr. Tanaka, Ms. Tanaka, Miss Tanaka,...
As flowers the Buddhists use the water-lily, the Shintoists, the branches of a pale-leaved tree called Sasaki. There are also in every house the I-hai, wooden tablets or shelves on which are written the posthumous names of the parents and ancestors of the family. A lamp is lit every ...
In Japanese, their names are: Kuruson 拘留孫 Kunagonmuni 拘那含牟尼 Kashō 迦葉 Shaka 釈迦 (Historical Buddha) Jump to Top of Page OTHERSMandala Deities The are many other Buddha who appear in Japanese mandalas, but they are not well-known nor the object of independent worship in...