Essays on Japanese Art

Dr. Scheiwiller Art 4070 13 July 2018 Japanese Women Artists in New York Midori Yoshimoto submitted her doctoral dissertation to Rutgers University in 2002. She introduces five women artists: Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, Takako Saito, Mieko Shiomi, and Shigeko Kubota involved in a huge New York avant-garde movement during the 1950s and 60s. Three sections are focus on life in Japan of the five artists and three other sections discuss life in American of the five artists. Yoshimoto offers some ...

Japanese artist and scholar, Masaki Fujihata (born 1956) is one of the precursors of digital art in Japan. He is the most recognized by his installation Beyond Pages (1995-1997), which is considered the most iconic and digital interactive artworks not only in Japan but worldwide. The main concept of the beyond Pages is to show the scission of two worlds - real and the virtual. Fujihata combines the tangibility of the ‘real’ space, by displaying physical objects, with digitally projected ...

Contemporary art is meant to allow us to reflect on society and the issues that we face as an individual and the world around us. In the Infinity Mirrored Room: The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away by Yayoi Kusama the viewers have described as being entranced. This room is a paradox. This is due to the nature of the room, it is closed room but once inside it the viewers see an infinite expanse unfold right before their eyes. The Infinity Mirrored Room: The Souls of Millions of Light Years ...

Arts, craft and architecture are a reflection of society's zeitgeist. A conflict in the spirit or belief is what spurs a movement of response. The artists in west followed William Morris to respond to the rapid industrialization of crafts and manufacturing in the Arts and Crafts movement of the 1800's. Japan felt a similar need with Muneyoshi Yanagi leading the mingei movement in the early 1900's. The Japanese movement starts with questions as explained by Toki (2016), "What is art? Is it ...

After World War II, Japan adopted the western model in rebuilding their nation. The government believes westernization would bring fortune, as part of the project and design was one of the measures used in shaping a westward style of living. (Saiki, 9) The adoption of international styles from the westernize ideals resulted in the lost of Japanese culture. The postwar design was driven by an aware and unprepared desire to appeal, follow and exceed the international countries. However, the aim ...

There’s an ongoing question of identity in Europe and especially to those who have immigrated there for a specified and abundant reason. The narrative of what it means to be French, English, German, has all changed in the last decade as more and more people from different backgrounds come in. But in the United States we have fundamentally ingrained ourselves as a melting pot of cultures due to our history as a nation. And that’s not the luxury most of these old European countries have. By all ...

The Edo Period (1603 - 1868) within Japan’s History presented the world with some of the most iconic expressions of nature, even influencing great artists from the West. Artists from the Edo Period were able to communicate incredible metaphors and commentaries through their presentation and from ancient times to present - Japanese have celebrated the beauty of seasons and particularly their inevitable evanescence. Spring Blossoms, autumn foliage, and winter moon continued to become focus ...

During the conversation about the ideal woman, the following statement is made when prefacing the required traits: “A merit is balanced by a defect, there is this good point and that bad point”. Thus, the ideal woman described by the men can be implied to embody the term “Goldilocks;” that is, not too high or low of birth; able to run a household but not too domestic; not too eventric or quiet; not too chilly or flamboyant; and a plethora of other unrealistic ideals that seem entirely ...