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Database Lecture Online

In New York on May 1,  2014, JASA member John Resig demonstrated the use of of the Ukiyo-e.org Japanese woodblock print database and search engine, a new tool for ukiyo-e researchers, scholars, and collectors that simplifies print research. Click here to view a video of his lecture, The Floating World at Your Finger Tips.
May 19, 2014
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Lecture: The Floating World at Your Finger Tips: Using the Ukiyo-e.org Search Engine (John Resig)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U6awcza-3k In this May 1, 2014, talk, JASA member John Resig discusses and demonstrates the use of of the Ukiyo-e.org Japanese woodblock print database and search engine, a new tool for ukiyo-e researchers, scholars, and collectors that simplifies print research. He also presents new research that this site has made possible. The database currently contains over 213,000 prints from 24 institutions and has received 6.3…
May 1, 2014
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JASA Board Member Collection at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem is hosting the exhibit “Unfolding Worlds: Japanese Screens from the Gitter-Yelen Collection” through the end of November. JASA Board member Kurt Gitter received the Distinguished Service Award from the United States–Japan Foundation in April.  Click here to read more about Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen, their collection, and the exhibit.
February 26, 2014
Impressions 35
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Now Available: Impressions 35

New issue features Linda Hoaglund on The Lost Art of Resistance; Lessons from the One-Mat Room; Takeuchi Seihō; Uga-Benzaten; Hakuin; and Shunga. Order now! You can also order additional copies of Eight Parts Full, a special issue of Impressions 2011, the memoir of the Tokyo art dealer Sakamoto Gorō. Follow impressions on Facebook
February 1, 2014