Paintings around Holland – The Dog of Flanders and Rubens
Dutch Golden Age and Painting
As described in "Travels in Holland" and "Travels along the Highway to Karatsu, Hi...
歴史
Sesshu and Freedom
Sesshu
Sesshu was an ink painter active in the Muromachi period (late 1400s), about 600 years ago. One of his fa...
Kukai, Shikoku Pilgrimage and Pilgrimage to Santiago
Introduction
Travel is an act for human beings to visit new places and experience different cultures and historie...
Hasegawa Tohaku and the Kano school succeeding Sesshu
Painters influenced by Sesshu
As mentioned in the previous article, "Sesshu and Freedom" Sesshu created a unique...
Sotatsu Tawaraya, Korin Ogata – Timeless designs based on unique compositional skills
Tawaraya Sotatsu
As mentioned in the article "On the Road to Kyoto: Strolling through Kyoto's Famous Temples and...
Novemver Steps and Toru Takemitsu and Music Concrete
November Steps
November Steps" was composed by Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu in 1967. It is considered one o...
The Beauty of Fluctuation – Japanese Painting and Japanese Calligraphy
Differences between Japanese and Western paintings
It is said that Western art is "painting with paint" while Ja...
Japanese Pottery and Porcelain
Japanese Pottery
The origins of Japanese pottery can be traced back about 10,000 years to the Jomon period. Duri...
Can life be created?
Between life and non-life
A number of books have been published on the subject of between life and non-life. B...
Japanese martial arts and phantom techniques.
Japanese martial arts
There are a variety of ‘____-do’ in Japan, including Shinto, as described in ‘Kaminashi, Ka...