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5 days ago · Hokusai was a Japanese master artist and printmaker of the ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) school. His early works represent the full spectrum of ukiyo-e art, including single-sheet prints of landscapes and actors, hand paintings, and surimono (“printed things”), such as greetings and.
4 days ago · 10. Kitagawa Utamaro. Japan Wonder Travel Tours. Other Articles you Might be Interested in: 1. Katsushika Hokusai. Get ready to ride the waves of artistic brilliance with Katsushika Hokusai, the ukiyo-e master whose iconic “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” is as synonymous with Japan as Sushi.
5 days ago · Also known as the Katsushika Noryo Hanabi, this event will take place at the Shibamata Baseball Field, about 10 minutes away from Shibamata Station. While it takes place on a weekday night, it should still manage to attract quite a crowd, what with its 15,000 fireworks lighting up the sky.
5 days ago · Shibamata is famous for being the home town of the fictional Tora-san character from the series of Otoko wa tsurai yo films which ran from the late 60s through to the mid-90s. There is a statue of Tora-san and his half-sister—Sakura—outside the main entrance to Shibamata Station.
4 days ago · The Spectacle of Official Travel. In 1639, the Tokugawa shogunate issued edicts prohibiting Portuguese merchants from entering Japan, effectively eliminating the threat of subversive Christian missionaries and sealing a foreign policy commonly referred to as national seclusion (sakoku). 1 For the remainder of the period, the shogunate rigorously controlled the movement of all foreigners and ...
4 days ago · 4 of 16 |. A person shows new 10,000, 5,000 and 1,000 Yen banknotes after he withdrew bills from a ATM machine at a bank Wednesday, July 3, 2024, in Tokyo. Japan issued its first new bills in two decades Wednesday, packed with 3-D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Newly designed banknotes, 10,000 yen (about US$61), 5,000 yen (about ...
5 days ago · Japan issues first new banknotes in decades 07/03/2024 July 3, 2024. New yen bills use 3-D holographic technology to curb counterfeiting, which Japan’s money printing agency called a world-first.
