Born Uemura Tsune, the artist is particularly known for her bijin-ga (illustrations of beautiful women) in the nihonga style. She would capture the modern statuses of women in Japan at the the time, and received numerous awards in recognition of...
Illustrated books were the bread and butter for any artist of the floating world. Edo (the city which later became Tokyo) had an unusually high literacy rate: around 80% for men, and 25% for women compared with the national average...
Monkey and Moon by Ogata Gekko (c.1890-1910) A monkey trying to capture the moon’s reflection in water is a theme that comes up repeatedly in Zen paintings. The origins of the image stems from a Buddhist story of monkeys...
The first World Book Day in the UK took place in 1997 to encourage young people to start enjoying the pleasure of reading. Today is the 24th year that children of all ages come together to share the joy of...
Born in Western Netherlands in 1877, Anna Julie de Graag was a Dutch designer, illustrator, and painter. The artist worked until the early 1920s when, for a mental illness, she took her own life at the age of 46.De Graag's artworks...
