Directory of Arts Resources

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This category lists sites related to visual and performing arts in Japan. It includes sites related to painting, sculpture, calligraphy, music, literature, and drama.

Subcategories

• Literature
• Music
• Origami
• Tea Ceremony

Resources in This Category

• Introduction to Japanese Calligraphy

  http://www.connectedglobe.com/ohmori/intro1.html
  Includes information on the art and its history. Also explains what distinguishes good calligraphy from bad.

• kirie

  http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ev7m-km/engindex.html
  Kirie is the cutout picture. The work which the author made is exhibited.

• Shodo - Japanese Calligraphy

  http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2095.html
  Introduces the required tools and the three styles of character formation.

• The Floating World of Ukiyo-E

  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/ukiyo-e/
  Library of congress exhibition. Feels shadows, dreams, and substance, and explores Japanese art of the 17th to 19th centuries.

• Wajima-Nuri

  http://www.stutler.cc/pens/wajima/
  Provides a short history of lacquer ware, tells how it is produced, explains how to take care of it, and includes pictures of finished products.

 

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