Meiji

Meiji
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[edit] Meiji Japan
Around the end of the 19th century and into the 20th century, the Meiji era was a marked by the reign of the Meiji Emperor. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status.

Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1945): painting, prints, works on paper. This term refers to paintings, prints, and works on paper created during the Japanese Meiji Period.

Prior to the Meiji period, which began in 1868, Jap­anese artists usually drew themselves with small eyes and mouths and variable proportions; "Europeans" were drawn as huge hairy freaks with enormous schnozzles.

Combatants Russian Empire Principality of Montenegro [1] Empire of Japan Commanders Emperor Nicholas II Aleksey Kuropatkin Stepan Makarov †Emperor Meiji Oyama Iwao Heihachiro Togo The Russo†...

For a short survey of the history click here Look also for essay's on Nanban and Meiji Art by Tanya Grassley A very interesting dissertation on Japanese Export Furniture from the Meiji and earlier periods is writ Read More
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nihonga Term coined during the Meiji period (1868-1911) for Japanese-style painting, particularly refers to polychrome paintings done with traditional dry pigments blended in a glue solution called nikawa.

See also: Painting, Movement, School, Impression, Roman