East Asian Studies Archive
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The Mystery of Calligraphy, Remade
Posted on April 21, 2014Jack O’Malley— The intersection of the western and eastern worlds has long fascinated scholars and students of artistic methods. The new book Remaking Tradition: Modern Art of Japan from the […] -
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Robert Sterling Clark in China
Posted on August 17, 2012In 1908 Robert Sterling Clark, accompanied by a team of hand-picked professionals and support staff, explored the far reaches of Northern China and oversaw the creation of one of the […] -
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Roots of the Japanese Visual Narrative
Posted on February 1, 2012Appreciation for graphic art and visual narrative is prevalent in Japanese pop culture from the fantastical animations of Hayao Miyazaki to page-turning manga comic books and cartoon anime characters appearing […] -
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A Brush with the Chinese Revolutionary Mood
Posted on October 19, 2011If you were lucky enough to wander through Beijing’s 798 District, you would come face to face with some of the most fresh, daring work produced by China’s up-and-coming artists. […] -
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Restoring Ishimoto’s Vision of Katsura
Posted on August 16, 2011When photographer Ishimoto Yasuhiro asked modernist architect Tange Kenzō to write an essay for his book of Katsura photographs, he inadvertently pitted architectural and photographic approaches against each other. Kenzō’s enthusiastic reaction was akin to Dad “helping” with his child’s science fair by reshaping the vision of the project; instead of merely contributing an essay, he cropped, resized, and reorganized the pictures into what became the “landmark” work. -
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Saying Bye Bye Kitty!!! to a Culture of Cute
Posted on August 3, 2011It’s hard to express the magnitude of the disaster that faced Japan after the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power plant melt-down earlier this year. Every aspect of Japanese life has […]