I Like Learning New Things

I love these quiet morning hours spent reading, punctuated only by a simple lunch before I resume my reading or writing again. Today, it's chicken porridge. I put in some sesame oil and a dash of soya sauce. Not bad. I'm reading about the Japanese art of woodblock printing (ukiyo-e), a genre that presented 'pictures of the floating world'. I did not know that it was introduced into Japan from China during the Han dynasty. Quite amazing, isn't it?

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Vivaci

That's truly interesting....I didn't know that. Tell us more....😊

novembermoon · 51-55

@Vivaci thanks for reading it. I am just scratching the surface of the knowledge of this ancient art form myself.

My interest was piqued when I started reading this book 'The Garden of Evening Mists'. It describes the art of woodblock printing (ukiyo-e), body tattooing (horimono) and the art of stone setting in a Japanese garden. In it, it is written -
'Gardens were created to approximate the idea of a paradise in the afterlife....so many of the gardens I had seen in Japan had a distinctive rock formation as their central feature. Mountains loomed large in the geographical and emotional landscapes of Japan and over the centuries, their presence had permeated into its poetry, folklore and literature....emphasized mono no aware, the sensitivity to the sublime...'