I am a huge fan of Japanese art. One of the things that attracts me to it is their economy of line, if you’ve paid attention to my rough sketches, you might notice I use an overabundance of small strokes and part of the reason I did this piece was to experiment with the longer, more elegant strokes of the Japanese style…
A Young Concubine Amused to Discover a Cherry Blossom in Her Sake Cup
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Alex Ledante
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Like you I also love Asian art. Especially Japanese art. Even the title of this post gave me pleasure. I too would be extremely delighted if I found a cherry blossom in my cup. LOL.
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If you drink sake outdoors during the hanami festival and you’re by a cherry tree then the odds are pretty good it will happen to you, too!
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Ukiyo-e means “Pictures of the floating world” and is applied to the Japanese woodblock prints from the 17th to 19th centuries. They were art for the common people…
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“Funderful”? Awesome! You just made this artwork even better by describing it with a new word! Love it!
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There is a mutually exciting thought between wonder and confidence that contradicts with no wonder at all when first seeing the cover of this post in a row alongside another post. It must be Alex, but is it? There’s only one Japanese painter here and that’s not Alex, but… Alex likes Japanese art too… So?
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Which one? You mean Fukufuku? If he is the one you mean, we haven’t seen him for quite a while. If I am not mistaken, the last works I have seen here is Musashi.
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Turns out he was sick but is better now and back on the scene with two new works, go check them out!
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I am also a big fan of Japanese art, more so the art of the olden days than of today. They are simple, yet very elegant just like yours. Congratulations. Great art work.
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Modern manga is a direct descendant of Ukiyo-E, and while that influence is felt more strongly in some styles vs others (moe vs seinen) they’re all coming from the same place, just evolving differently
I am glad to hear you liked my little experiment. I’ve got a chibi version of this somewhere…
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