Here's the cat art by Yumeji Takehisa(1884-1934) that somehow got dropped from my last post:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Kurofuneya.JPG .... and now I've also just found another cat piece from the same artist: http://www.ukiyoe-gallery.com/detail-d417.htm They're quite different, aren't they ? But --- how to describe that difference ? Same artist -- same theme. I would be tempted to say that the second piece was "too sentimental" -- but more accurately,it has moved out of the elegant Tokyo pleasure district and into an ordinary person's bedroom. The tension is gone -- the scale is gone - the vision has gotten small, ordinary, and homey. Welcome to modern Japan! ____________________________________________________________ Click here to find the right business program for you and take your career to the next level. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/PnY6rc0pB9IFsr6V1omKpsvGvQwlfG iWtzfrV4QaDA20yT6I3zSiI/
