Japanese Painting Schools and Styles
Suibokuga is the term for painting in black ink. It was adopted from China and strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism. During the 15th century ink painting gained a more Japanese style of its own.
Kano Masanobu (1453-1490) and his son Kano Motonobu (1476-1559) established the Kano painting school. It began [...]
Japanese Painting
The art of Japanese painting is full of mesmerizing Asian charm when you look at it from a purely decorative view. But it is also a subject that can be a bit confusing for novices when you want to learn more about it. Different painting schools and styles, a variety of different media, the deep [...]
Yakuza from a Mafia to Japan Art
Yakuza from a Mafia to Japan Art
The term “Yakuza” comes from a Japanese card game, Oicho-Kabu (played with hanafuda or kabufuda cards). The worst hand in the game is a set of eight, nine and three. In traditional Japanese forms of counting, these numbers are called Ya, Ku and Sa, thus the origin of the [...]
