Dig in Japan

Petra Holmberg, curator of Japan at the Musuems of World Culture, has chosen a textile fragment from early 19th century in red silk crepe. Hemp leaf ornament, asanoha, in what is called shibori technique, tied knot patterning. Dyed with safflower, benibana in Japanese. In the clip Petra also speaks about the symbolism about the red color. Inventory number: OM-1968-0078

The curator of Japan at the National Museums of World Culture, Petra Holmberg has chosen the continuous series “100 famous views of the Edo” by Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (1797-1858). The series is printed from woodcutting technique and are bound together as a book. The series was immensely popular both domestically and abroad. Many western artists collected this series and were inspired by the pictures in it. In the clip above Petra talks about Hiroshige’s way of creating images and how this inspired Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) amongst others. Inventory number: NMG-1912-0439