Japanese Fine Art

Japan has a long history period of traditional art. Japanese art have lot different types of art such as Jomon art, Yatoi art, Kofun art, Asuka and Nara art, Heian art, Kamakura art, Muromachi art, Azuchi art, etc. Japanese art also can be divided into three periods such as Wdo period, Perwar period, and postwar period. Each period also can be divided into different parts; architecture, painting, sculpture, drawing, etc. What we think about artists is very different. Artists can be painters, actors, dancers, musicians, performing artists, etc. As we known Japan has lots beautiful temples; there are more than one thousands temples which are still places of worship for the Japanese. Most of the artists deign the temples in traditional way, but Japan also have the modern side of art which is symbolized by the capital city of Tokyo; the gigantic metropolis of Japan. Woodblock printing is a technique for printing images used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China. In Japan this reproduction process was known as soon as the 8th century. In the second half of the 17th century the Japanese woodblock prints become a very popular art, and a new style emerged in Edo, today Tokyo, under the name of ukiyo-e. Ukiyo-e means "pictures of the floating world." It's a genre of Japanese woodblock paints and paintings produced between 17th and the 20th centuries: ... Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves in just floating, floating; ... refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: this is what we call the floating world...