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Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
Research
105
Interviews
22
Review
88
Artistic Movements
[Artist collectives]
16
Subjects
Allegory
14
Political issues
59
Women's status
62
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8
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69
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37
History
46
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19
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13
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34
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24
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7
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22
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4
Portrait
36
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12
Domestic scene
9
Traditions
25
Vegetal
10
Everyday life
30
Travel
1
Mediums
Applied arts
18
Graphic arts
92
Watercolour
14
Dessin (ink, pencil…)
37
Illustration
6
Audiovisual
41
Installation
78
Environment
6
[Modes]
19
Monumental
11
Painting
103
Mural
2
Oil
34
Performance
31
Photography
55
Digital photography
8
Sculpture
43
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27
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8
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Africa
17
Central America and the Caribbean
3
North America
58
United States
51
South America
31
Peru
7
Asia
26
China
4
Japan
11
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3
Vietnam
3
Europe
137
France
71
Middle East
14
Oceania
7
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XVIe siècle
2
17th century
3
18th century
5
19th century
17
1860s
3
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3
1880s
6
1890s
8
20th century
178
1900s
11
1910s
14
1920s
19
1930s
24
1940s
23
1960s
62
1970s
104
1980s
106
1990s
96
21st century
126
2000s
94
2010s
107
2020s
52
Artcles published in the framework of the programme
Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
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Interview
06.06.2025 | Canela Laude-Arce
An invisible crown: the voice of Olinda Reshinjabe Silvano
Interview
30.05.2025 | Natsuko Fukushima
Yuki Onodera Interview: Photography in Pursuit of Physicality and Materiality
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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