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Yuki no Katada Ukimido
​​— Tsuchiya Kōitsu, 1934

Viewed from the shore on a snowy evening, this woodblock print shows the lantern-lit Ukimi-do temple at Katada, Lake Biwa.

Image Credit: Rijksmuseum (@rijksmuseumams.bsky.social), https://buff.ly/4g0AMf1
January 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Gramophone
— Watanabe Ikuharu, 1933

Watanabe was best known for his paintings of the bijin-ga genre. This one was painted in nihon-ga technique on silk, mounted on a two-panel folding screen (210x190 cm)

Image Credit: Nagoya City Art Museum via Google Arts & Culture
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January 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM