Japanese Floating Worlds

More on the field of arts, a comprehensive article about Ukiyo-e which are Japanese woodblock prints and paintings is an interesting read that will let you find out that it is what those familiar Japanese artworks you might have seen in and out of Japan are called.

The above image is an ukiyo-e by Katsushika Hokusai a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. I saw this image used as an image header on a blog i came across before, now I know what it is.
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Post-apocalyptic Tokyo

Hisaharu Motoda is said to be regarded by many as one of the rising stars in the world of printmaking. See how he depicts post-apocalyptic Tokyo’s central districts of Ginza, Shibuya, and Asakusain in his work called Neo-Ruins:Lithographs of post-apocalyptic Tokyo. I don’t really get why Japanese artists are fond of destroying Japan in their works.

via Pink Tentacle