Japanese art features scenes from everyday life depicted with detailed figures in paintings and woodblock prints. Woodblock printing became one of Japan's oldest visual art forms during the Edo period. Ukiyo-e art, also known as "pictures of the floating world", was produced in various media including paintings and prints and depicted scenes of daily life. Kabuki theater makeup uses dramatic colored lines and shapes on actors' faces to represent qualities like passion, depression, youth and more. Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, started in the 17th century and common models include flowers, animals, and geometric shapes.

1. JAPANESE ART

2. Scenes from everyday life.
Narrative scenes crowded
with figures and
details .
JAPANESE PAINTINGS

3. VIEW OF MOUNT FUJI(PAINTING)

4. Woodblock printing is a technique for
printing text, images or patterns used.
This method was adapted in Japan
during the Edo period (1603-1867) and
became one of their oldest and most
highly developed visual arts.
WOOD BLOCK PRINTING

5. GREAT WAVE OF KANAGAWA
(HOKUSAI)

6. The best known and most popular style of
Japanese art is Ukiyo-e, which is Japanese for
"pictures of the floating world”.
Ukiyo-e art was produced in a diversity of
different media, including painting and became an art domain of
the upper classes and royalty but later was also produced by the
common people.
JAPANESE UKIYO-E

7. UKIYO-E EXAMPLE

8. Kabuki makeup or Kesho is already in itself an
interpretation of the actor’s own role through the medium of the
facial features.
Kabuki Makeup is also another way of face painting which has
two types:
1. standard makeup - applied to most actors
2. kumadori makeup - applied to villains and heroes
-It is composed of very dramatic lines and shapes using colors
that represent certain qualities.
Examples of face painting are the mukimi-guma or suji-guma,
where the lines are painted onto an actor’s face. These are then
smudged to soften them.
KABUKI MAKE UP OF JAPAN

9. dark red = passion or anger
dark blue = depression or sadness
pink = youth
light green = calm
black = fear
purple = nobility
COLOR PATTERN

10. KABUKI ACTOR

11. KUMADORI — THE PAINTED FACES OF JAPANESE KABUKI THEATRE

12. The term Origami came from “ori” meaning "folding", and
“kami” meaning "paper".
Started in the 17th century AD and was
popularized internationally in the mid-1900s.
Flowers, animals, birds, fish, geometric shapes and dolls are the
common models used in Japanese Origami.
Origami butterflies were used during the celebration of Shinto
weddings to
represent the bride and groom,
It was known since the Heian period (794-1185) in Japanese
history.
The best known Origami is the “Paper Crane”
ORIGAMI

13. ORIGAMI

14. In Japan, knot tying is called
Hanamusubi.
It emphasize on braids and
focuses on individual knots.
JAPANESE KNOT TYING

15. JAPANESE KNOT TYING