L’arbre d’Ôji « De nuit, sous un ciel étoilé, la veille du Nouvel An, des renards phosphorescents, accompagnés de mystérieuse flammeroles, se rassemblent sous un grand arbre à Ôji, au nord d’Edo, près du sanctuaire shintô d’Inari, la divinité du riz. » Hiroshige - Les « Cent vues d’Edo » « Les feux des renards à la veille du Nouvel An sous l’arbre d’Ôji » 118e planche de la série (119 planches, 1856-1859), vers 1857, 9e mois de l’année du serpent. ___ Jocelyn Bouquillard, conservateur au département des Estampes et de la Photographie de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Exposition « L’estampe japonaise, images du monde flottant ».
Antique Maps, Old Maps, Altea Antique Map Shop London 【RAINY JUNE】 Japanese Ukiyo-e Artists and Rain The rain of Japan falls gently in drizzles but continues for a few days, different to the sudden pouring rain in other countrys’ rainy seasons. Ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world, 浮世絵) are a traditional woodblock prints and paintings which Japan proudly presents to the world. There are many pieces of Ukiyo-e on rain. Let us see past Japanese Ukiyo-e artist’s heart on rain and techniques through Ukiyo-e pieces on “rain”. Japonism: Born from Japan of Four Seasons and Rain There are many world-famous western paintings that convey the artist’s heart to us. This probably has some relationship with Japanese climate, rich in four seasons and requires much rain to harvest crops, mainly rice. Hiroshige Utagawa – One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Sudden Shower Over Ohashi Bridge and Atake From Wikimedia Commons Hiroshige Utagawa – Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō series: Rain Shower at Shono From Wikimedia Commons Hiroshige Utagawa (*1) is famous for his work on rain. From Wikimedia Commons
15 New Libraries and many new Manuscripts in the DMMapp June has been a productive month for the DMMmaps project: we were at the DH Benelux Conference in The Hague, Netherlands, presenting this project, but we have also received many new links to that were added to the database. So, without further ado, let’s present the additions: Eesti Ajaloomuuseum – Estonian History Museum AM.115.1.1 – Charter from Pope Innocent IV The first of three libraries under the same website. 39 digitized medieval material dating from 1247 until 1500. Estonian Historical Archives EAA.854.2.352 – Poor Latin and a bad seal. 366 digitized objects in this library. Tallinn City Archives Christoph I, King of Denmark, granted to all who wish to settle in Reval, the use of Liibeck law. Part three of the same website as above. Bibliotheek Rijksuniversiteit Groningen The Groningen-Zutphen Maerlant Manuscript Fine addition from the Netherlands: the Bibliotheek Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and its 34 digitized manuscripts (quite some post-medieval, though). LMU University Library