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  • Imagining Japan: Early Japanese Photography
    For Your Interest

    Imagining Japan: Early Japanese Photography

    The history of photography in Japan begins during the Edo period. Introduced through the Dutch merchants  that inhabited Dejima Island in Nagasaki Bay, the medium attracted an initially small, but
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  • In the Gallery - Kuniyoshi: The Masterpieces
    News and Events

    In the Gallery - Kuniyoshi: The Masterpieces

    On March 14, Ronin Gallery started the Asia Week 2018 festivities early with the opening of Kuniyoshi: The Masterpieces. With cocktails in hand, guests explored the ravenous imagination and unmatched
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  • What is Sosaku Hanga?
    For Your Interest

    What is Sosaku Hanga?

    In the early 20th century, two distinct modern Japanese print movements emerged. Shin Hanga, or "new print," movement drew inspiration from French Impressionist techniques, employed growing realism,
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  • What Makes a Print Rare?
    For Your Interest | Ukiyo-e

    What Makes a Print Rare?

    From the Edo period to today, artists produce woodblock prints in multiples. While surimono (lavishly printed, privately commissioned works) could be commissioned in editions as small as a single
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  • Wrestling the Demon: Noriko and Ushio Shinohara
    Catalogues & Ebooks | Contemporary Art

    Wrestling the Demon: Noriko and Ushio Shinohara

    Living with Art, Living with Each Other Noriko and Ushio at work. Photograph courtesy of the Shinohara family. “Art is a demon,” “Making art is always struggling.” Ushio and Noriko
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  • Meet the Artist: Ushio Shinohara
    Artist Spotlight | Contemporary Art | For Your Interest

    Meet the Artist: Ushio Shinohara

    Born in Tokyo in 1932, Ushio Shinohara comes from an artistic family. His father a poet, his mother a nihonga painter and doll maker, Ushio continued the artistic legacy and attended Tokyo
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  • Haunted at Sea: The Tale of Yoshitsune and the Taira Ghosts
    For Your Interest | Ukiyo-e

    Haunted at Sea: The Tale of Yoshitsune and the Taira Ghosts

    Japanese myths brim with ghosts and demons, animals with magical powers, mischievous spirits, and mysterious realms where humans and supernatural creatures live side by side. Known as yokai, these
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  • Meet the Artist: Noriko Shinohara
    Artist Spotlight | Contemporary Art | For Your Interest

    Meet the Artist: Noriko Shinohara

    Born in Toyama Prefecture, Japan in 1953, Noriko Shinohara moved to New York City in 1972 to study at the Art Students League. After six months in the city, she met Ushio Shinohara, who is twenty one
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  • In the Gallery - Wrestling the Demon: Noriko and Ushio Shinohara
    Contemporary Art | News and Events

    In the Gallery - Wrestling the Demon: Noriko and Ushio Shinohara

    On October 11th, Ronin Gallery welcomed an eager crowd to the opening of Wrestling the Demon: Noriko and Ushio Shinohara. Noriko Shinohara, Ushio Shinohara and Alex Kukai Shinohara all attended the
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  • A Closer Look: Hokusai's Great Wave
    Artist Spotlight | For Your Interest | Ukiyo-e

    A Closer Look: Hokusai's Great Wave

    No single work of Japanese art is better known than Katsushika Hokusai’s (1760­-1849) Under the Wave off Kanagawa, or, as it is widely known, the Great Wave. Published by Nishimuraya Eijudo as
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"To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage." - Georgia O'Keeffe
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