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Japanese Art Scenes from everyday life.Narrative scenes crowded with figures and details .

Japanese Paintings

View of Mount Fuji(Painting)Look at the artwork below and answer the following on a sheet of paper. Identify the country that is depicted in the picture. 2. How was this picture produced? Painting, drawing, etc? 3. Describe the people in the picture. 4. Can this picture be on paper, fabric, board, etc? What material was used? 5. What is the technique for printing text, images or patterns on textiles or paper? Did you know that there is a unique artistic expression related to painting in Japan known as Woodblock printing? What is woodblock printing? 3Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used.This method was adapted in Japan during the Edo period (1603-1867) and became one of their oldest and most highly developed visual arts.

Wood Block PrintingGreat Wave Of Kanagawa (Hokusai)

5The best known and most popular style of Japanese art is Ukiyo-e, which is Japanese for "pictures of the floating world. Ukiyo-e art was produced in a diversity of different media, including painting and became an art domain of the upper classes and royalty but later was also produced by the common people.

Japanese Ukiyo-e

Ukiyo-e ExampleKabuki makeup or Kesho is already in itself an interpretation of the actors own role through the medium of the facial features.Kabuki Makeup is also another way of face painting which has two types: 1. standard makeup - applied to most actors 2. kumadori makeup - applied to villains and heroes -It is composed of very dramatic lines and shapes using colors that represent certain qualities.

Examples of face painting are the mukimi-guma or suji-guma, where the lines are painted onto an actors face. These are then smudged to soften them.

Kabuki Make Up Of Japan8dark red = passion or anger dark blue = depression or sadness pink = youth light green = calm black = fear purple = nobility

Color Pattern

Kabuki Actor

Kumadori The Painted Faces of Japanese Kabuki Theatre

The term Origami came from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper". Started in the 17th century AD and was popularized internationally in the mid-1900s.Flowers, animals, birds, fish, geometric shapes and dolls are the common models used in Japanese Origami. Origami butterflies were used during the celebration of Shinto weddings to represent the bride and groom, It was known since the Heian period (794-1185) in Japanese history. The best known Origami is the Paper Crane

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In Japan, knot tying is called Hanamusubi. It emphasize on braids and focuses on individual knots.

Japanese Knot TyingJapanese Knot Tying