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Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
Research
102
Interviews
20
Review
88
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
2
Lyrical abstraction
2
Academic art
1
Viennese Actionism
1
Appropriationism
1
Outsider art
2
Conceptual art
9
Body art
1
Art Déco
1
Naïve art
1
École de Paris
2
Expressionism
1
Abstract expressionism
1
Fauvism
1
Land art
2
Minimalism
3
Nouveau Réalisme
2
New Objectivity
1
Pop art
4
Realism
2
Surrealism
4
Symbolism
3
[Artist collectives]
15
Subjects
Allegory
14
Political issues
58
Women's status
62
Consumerism
8
Discriminations
36
History
44
Art history & museum
17
Intimacy
13
Nature
23
Still life
7
Nude
22
Portrait
36
Religion & spirituality
12
Domestic scene
9
Everyday life
29
Travel
1
Mediums
Applied arts
18
Graphic arts
91
Watercolour
14
Dessin (ink, pencil…)
36
Illustration
6
Audiovisual
40
Installation
78
Environment
6
[Modes]
19
Monumental
11
Painting
99
Oil
31
Performance
31
Photography
54
Sculpture
43
Textile
26
Countries
Africa
16
Central America and the Caribbean
3
North America
58
United States
51
South America
30
Asia
25
China
4
Japan
10
Russia
3
Vietnam
3
Europe
133
Middle East
14
Oceania
7
Periods of
activity
17th century
1
18th century
3
19th century
15
1860s
3
1870s
3
1880s
6
1890s
8
20th century
173
1900s
11
1910s
14
1920s
19
1930s
24
1940s
23
1980s
104
21st century
123
Artcles published in the framework of the programme
Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
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Article
19.06.2024 | Megumi Kitahara
The Japanese women painters who moved across borders in the 1930s and 40s, and during World War II
Article
07.06.2024 | Tomoko Kira
The sisters Shigure and Haruko Hasegawa, and Women’s Art magazine
Article
13.10.2023 | Kojima Kaoru
From the Edo era to the beginning of the 20th century: the artistic education of women painters
Article
13.10.2023 | Kojima Kaoru
Women Nihonga Painters and Bijinga
Article
16.06.2023 | Yukiko Yokoyama
What were “Ultra Girls”? Women Artists in 1980s Japan
Article
21.04.2023 | Yukiko Yokoyama
A History of Western-Style Yōga Painting in Japan and Women Yōga Artists from the Meiji Period to the Pre-War Era
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