Paperback Inscriptions

For Thomas "the enlightened one"
all my love Dad - Christmas 97

Scenes From the Life of Buddha
Reproduced From Paintings By
Keichyu Yamada
Professor In The Imperial Art Institute, Tokyo
The Open Court Publishing Co.
Chicago
1898

Peony and Canary, Hokusia Katshushika, 1833

The Japanese art of Ukiyo-e (“Pictures of the floating [or sorrowful] world”) developed in the city of Edo (now Tokyo) during the Tokugawa or Edo Period (1600-1868), a relatively peaceful era during which the Tokugawa shoguns ruled Japan and made Edo the seat of power. The Ukiyo-e tradition of woodblock printing and painting continued into the 20th century. This print, made in 1833 or 1834, is part of the series "Small Flowers" by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849).

Peony and Canary, Hokusia Katshushika 1833
via UNESCO World Digital Library

Icons I

Yōkai Daizukai by Shigeru Mizuki
via Pink Tentacle