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Great art explained. James Payne discusses the Great Wave.
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In 1639 Japan closed its borders and cut itself off from the outside world. Foreigners were expelled, Western culture was forbidden, and Entering or leaving Japan was punishable by Death. It would remain that way for over 200 years.
It was under these circumstances that a quintessentially Japanese art developed. Art for the people that was consumed on an unprecedented scale.
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Thanks to Bart Vergouwe for Dutch Subtitles.
Thanks to Mi Nguyen for Vietnamese Subtitles
Thanks to Dimitris Grammenos for Greek Subtitles
Thanks to Charles Xiu for Chinese Subtitles
Thanks to Cosimo Botticelli for Italian Subtitles
Thanks to Victoria Drabik for German Subtitles
Thanks to Tomas Iriarte for Spanish subtitles
Thanks to Gustavo Lyra for Portuguese subtitles
Thanks to Edouard Henn for French Subtitles
Many thanks to Takashi Shibata and Shannon Shibato-Germanos for helping me, in particular with my pronunciations!
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Music is copyright free - Debussy’s Evocation of the Sea
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Made in Tokyo -
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Reference books
Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave, edited by Timothy Clark
Hokusai: Thirty-six views by Amelie Balcou
Ukiyo-e: The art of the Japanese print by Frederick Harris
Manga and the Representation of Japanese History by Roman Rosenbaum
A Brief History of Japan by Jonathan Clements
A history of Japan by RHP Mason and JG Caiger
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