Otherwise known as the court fan, it is mainly a symbol of status. It is made from slats of cypress wood bound together with stitches of silk. This fan developed from officials writing on strips of wood due to the scarcity of paper; they were originally more like a notebook than a fan...
Throughout its long history, Japanese wood block printing developed various styles and schools of thought. One such style which Morimura Ray particularly works within is Ukiyo-e which literally translates as “pictures of the floating world”. In these types of visual stories, landscapes and tales...
The national flag of Russia is a symbol of the nation’s pride and strength. It represents its people, values, and history. The white field on top stands for openness and nobility, while the blue in the middle represents loyalty, integrity, and truthfulness. Red at the bottom signifies love...
Bizen ware is Japan's oldest pottery-making technique, introduced during the Heian period (794-1192). It is a type of pottery identifiable by its iron-like hardness, reddish brown color, absence of glaze, and markings resulting from its wood-burning kiln firing. The surface of Bizen ware is...
Japanese Woodblock Printing Japanese Ceramics and Sculpture Lesson Summary Register to view this lesson Are you a student or a teacher? I am a student I am a teacher FAQ What type of art mediums were popular in Japan? Ink has remained a very popular medium used in Japan. This dates back...
During the seventh and eighth centuries,woodbecame a favoured medium of Japanese sculptors. It was carved and polished into smoothly undulating volumes, formed by gentle contours, more or less enlivened by linear patterning. (See also:Jade Carving.) One of the finest examples of this period, ho...
Crosscut teethcan saw across woodgrain without tearing the fibers and are particularly useful for cutting joints Japanese crosscut teethperform the same function but make a narrower cut Dual-purpose teethare symmetrical and can be used for both cutting with and across the grain ...
Crosscut teethcan saw across woodgrain without tearing the fibers and are particularly useful for cutting joints Japanese crosscut teethperform the same function but make a narrower cut Dual-purpose teethare symmetrical and can be used for both cutting with and across the grain ...
Japanese has fewer characters than Chinese. The Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, a comprehensive Japanese dictionary, contains about 50,000 characters. In contrast, the Zhonghua Zihai, a Chinese dictionary published in 1994, contains about 85,000 characters, although many of them are obscure variants or archaic...
Awl-like leaves have a toothed appearance, as if made up of lots of little needles stacked on top of one another. There's only one awl-leaved conifer, Cryptomeria japonica, the so-called Japanese cedar. It isn't a cedar at all, however, but a cypress. ...