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Nature of the Beast

Nature of the Beast. Animal Representations in Japanese Edo Artwork. What was Edo in Japan?. A time of peace after 200 years of civil war– lasted 1603 – 1868 Edo was the name for modern-day Tokyo 3 classes of people: wealthy samurai, middle class merchants, and poor farmers

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Nature of the Beast

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  1. Nature of the Beast Animal Representations in Japanese Edo Artwork

  2. What was Edo in Japan? • A time of peace after 200 years of civil war– lasted 1603 – 1868 • Edo was the name for modern-day Tokyo • 3 classes of people: wealthy samurai, middle class merchants, and poor farmers • Artists competed to sell work to merchants and samurai = good time for artists in Japan

  3. Art Techniques • Woodblock print: artwork made by carving a wood block and pressing it to paper or other materials. • Brush painting: using hand-ground ink and bamboo brushes to paint

  4. Birds • Okyo • Peacocks and Peonies • 1776 • Hanging scroll, color on silk • Unknown Artist • Geese • 16th Century • Two-panel screen, paper, ink, and silk

  5. Cranes • Unknown Artist • Three Cranes and Bamboo • 17th Century • Two-panel screen, ink, color, gold leafing

  6. Hiroshige • Magpie and Cherry Blossom • Sumi ink on paper •  Birds • Hiroshige • From the series “One Hundred Views of Edo” • 19th Century • Full-color woodblock print on paper • 

  7. Birds of Prey • Katsukawa • Eagle [Hawk] on Pine Branch • 19th Century • Full-color woodblock print, ink on paper •  •  • Hokusai • Eagle in a Snowstorm • 1848 • Scroll painting, ink and color on paper

  8. Fish • Yoshitoshi • Koi (carp) • Hiroshige • Madai Fish • 1832-34

  9. Turtles • Chinnen • Uchiwa-e (fan print) of Turtle • 1829

  10. Mythological Creatures • Hokusai • Detail of a Kappa from the Manga, Vol. 3 • 1815 • Leaf from a bound book, woodblock print, ink on paper

  11. Dragons • Koryusai • woodblock print, ink on paper •  • Ganku • Dragon in the Clouds • 1800  • Scroll painting, ink and color on silk

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