japanese art?

[howard]

i'm a big fan of japanese art... especially landscapes. if anyone has come across a site with that style i would love a link.

or any cool art links. i recently posted a thread about exploding dog.com which is a cool type of art

[bousozoku]

I have several pieces of Japanese art from wood block prints to hakata ningyo.

You could probably find many things by using the Japanese google search.

[jefhatfield]

my grandparents opened a japanese gift and antique shop in 1955, then my dad came in and took over in 1961 then i was supposed to come in and take over when i finished college in the '80s

as it turned out the store went out of business in 1988 and i didn't finish school anyway until the 90s so the long term plan that was laid out for me fell apart ;)

looking back, i don't think i would have liked to work 10-12 hours a day, seven days a week, gift and antique shows, and traveling to asia every 18 months, but i would have known a tremendous amount about japanese art...so much that i wouldn't want to see it when i got off of work and put it in my house ;)

[jefhatfield]

in the store, i saw everything from hiroshige prints, to imari, to satsuma, to old temple pieces from kyoto

we didn't sell swords and our family never sold or had anything considered a weapon

but once, they bought a full set of replica samurai swords, still very expensive, from a vendor and put it in their house

as a little kid, i promptly whacked trees and rocks and in no time, i broke all the swords ;)

[Awimoway]

I dig netsuke and Japanese seascapes.

[agreenster]

as a little kid, i promptly whacked trees and rocks and in no time, i broke all the swords ;)

That's hilarious. Just like a kid....

[howard]

as a little kid, i promptly whacked trees and rocks and in no time, i broke all the swords ;)


OH NO!!!

let us all have a moment of silence for those swords

...

(sigh)

[scem0]

I love Japanese art too (as well as architecture).

If I ever earn enough money I'd like to build a large Japanese-style home.

Hopefully I'd be able to fill that home with paintings liek these:

http://www.tnm.jp/db/tbjf0824/C002/C0028016.X1.jpg http://www.tnm.jp/db/tbjf0824/C002/C0023374.jpg http://www.tnm.jp/db/tbjf0824/C002/C0023379.jpg http://www.tnm.jp/scripts/col/MOI1.en.idc?X=A1397&Y=C0009392&Z=S

A good resource for Japanese art. (http://www.tnm.jp/doc/Col/i03.en.html)

scem0

[howard]

those are beautiful,
thanks for the link!

[JesseJames]

Dah dah dah dah dat dah dat dat dahh.
"I think I'm turning Japanese-a, Yes I'm turning Japanese-a, I really think so." :D