tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615213124802114030.post-67649016816412010752008-05-17T21:09:00.005+09:002008-05-17T21:22:43.371+09:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_LjPQX48rpFM/SC7Lh2H2nII/AAAAAAAAAFw/D9ZCbNwm8WU/s1600-h/ukiyoe3.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_LjPQX48rpFM/SC7Lh2H2nII/AAAAAAAAAFw/D9ZCbNwm8WU/s200/ukiyoe3.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201318401984076930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_LjPQX48rpFM/SC7LcWH2nHI/AAAAAAAAAFo/h4fS4KxZ9L4/s1600-h/ukiyoe1.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_LjPQX48rpFM/SC7LcWH2nHI/AAAAAAAAAFo/h4fS4KxZ9L4/s200/ukiyoe1.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201318307494796402" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We’ve been thinking if we could offer something more to our guest, something unique, traditional but modern.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I thought about my friend’s wood block printing gallery near to the philosopher’s path.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">They have loads of selection of beautiful wood block printings and they are very good at finding wood block printings of anonymous artists.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Some of them are very old but looks so modern somehow. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I especially love their Ukiyo-e selections from <st1:place st="on">Edo</st1:place> period(1603-1867)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="wordlink"><span lang="EN-US">Ukiyo-e is pictures of everyday life in <st1:place st="on">Edo</st1:place> period..<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="wordlink"><span lang="EN-US">The Ukiyo-e tradition influenced Manga Anime which is </span></span><span style="" lang="EN-US">popular in all over the world<span style=""> </span>these days.It said that the Ukiyoe art of drawing had a strong inf;uence on usch postimapressionists as Van Gogh and Gauguin, abd resulted in the development of the newtechni8ques of realism..<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">The wood block printings are so colorful and fun to look at .<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US">One of the unique way to explore old <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>! Reina<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Reinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05271871437873229537noreply@blogger.com