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Japan: 'Album of Hawks and Calligraphy'. Album of nine paintings by Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713), late 17th century. Kano Tsunenobu was a Japanese painter who lived during the Edo Period. He was a student of the Kano school of painting, and had a particular interest in Chinese art styles, often copying or emulating Chinese paintings with very little Japanese influence. He became a second-generation head of the Kano school's Kobikicho branch in Edo (Tokyo).
Japan: 'Album of Hawks and Calligraphy'. Album of nine paintings by Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713), late 17th century. Kano Tsunenobu was a Japanese painter who lived during the Edo Period. He was a student of the Kano school of painting, and had a particular interest in Chinese art styles, often copying or emulating Chinese paintings with very little Japanese influence. He became a second-generation head of the Kano school's Kobikicho branch in Edo (Tokyo).
Japan: 'Album of Hawks and Calligraphy'. Album of nine paintings by Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713), late 17th century. Kano Tsunenobu was a Japanese painter who lived during the Edo Period. He was a student of the Kano school of painting, and had a particular interest in Chinese art styles, often copying or emulating Chinese paintings with very little Japanese influence. He became a second-generation head of the Kano school's Kobikicho branch in Edo (Tokyo).
Japan: 'Album of Hawks and Calligraphy'. Album of nine paintings by Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713), late 17th century. Kano Tsunenobu was a Japanese painter who lived during the Edo Period. He was a student of the Kano school of painting, and had a particular interest in Chinese art styles, often copying or emulating Chinese paintings with very little Japanese influence. He became a second-generation head of the Kano school's Kobikicho branch in Edo (Tokyo).
Japan: 'Album of Hawks and Calligraphy'. Album of nine paintings by Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713), late 17th century. Kano Tsunenobu was a Japanese painter who lived during the Edo Period. He was a student of the Kano school of painting, and had a particular interest in Chinese art styles, often copying or emulating Chinese paintings with very little Japanese influence. He became a second-generation head of the Kano school's Kobikicho branch in Edo (Tokyo).
Japan: 'Album of Hawks and Calligraphy'. Album of nine paintings by Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713), late 17th century. Kano Tsunenobu was a Japanese painter who lived during the Edo Period. He was a student of the Kano school of painting, and had a particular interest in Chinese art styles, often copying or emulating Chinese paintings with very little Japanese influence. He became a second-generation head of the Kano school's Kobikicho branch in Edo (Tokyo).
Japan: 'Album of Hawks and Calligraphy'. Album of nine paintings by Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713), late 17th century. Kano Tsunenobu was a Japanese painter who lived during the Edo Period. He was a student of the Kano school of painting, and had a particular interest in Chinese art styles, often copying or emulating Chinese paintings with very little Japanese influence. He became a second-generation head of the Kano school's Kobikicho branch in Edo (Tokyo).
Japan: 'Album of Hawks and Calligraphy'. Album of nine paintings by Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713), late 17th century. Kano Tsunenobu was a Japanese painter who lived during the Edo Period. He was a student of the Kano school of painting, and had a particular interest in Chinese art styles, often copying or emulating Chinese paintings with very little Japanese influence. He became a second-generation head of the Kano school's Kobikicho branch in Edo (Tokyo).
Japan: 'Album of Hawks and Calligraphy'. Album of nine paintings by Kano Tsunenobu (1636-1713), late 17th century. Kano Tsunenobu was a Japanese painter who lived during the Edo Period. He was a student of the Kano school of painting, and had a particular interest in Chinese art styles, often copying or emulating Chinese paintings with very little Japanese influence. He became a second-generation head of the Kano school's Kobikicho branch in Edo (Tokyo).
The <i>Anwar-i Suhayli</i> or 'The Lights of Canopus', commonly known as the <i>Fables of Bidpai</i> in the West, is a Persian version of the ancient Indian collection of animal fables, the <i>Panchatantra</i>. It tells a tale of a Persian physician, Burzuyah, and his mission to India, where he stumbles upon a book of stories collected from the animals who reside there.<br/><br/> In a similar vein to the <i>Arabian Nights</i>, the fables in the manuscript are inter-woven as the characters of one story recount the next, leading up to three or four degrees of narrative embedding. Many usually have morals or offer philosophical glimpses into human behaviour, emphasising loyalty and teamwork.
The <i>Anwar-i Suhayli</i> or 'The Lights of Canopus', commonly known as the <i>Fables of Bidpai</i> in the West, is a Persian version of the ancient Indian collection of animal fables, the <i>Panchatantra</i>. It tells a tale of a Persian physician, Burzuyah, and his mission to India, where he stumbles upon a book of stories collected from the animals who reside there.<br/><br/> In a similar vein to the <i>Arabian Nights</i>, the fables in the manuscript are inter-woven as the characters of one story recount the next, leading up to three or four degrees of narrative embedding. Many usually have morals or offer philosophical glimpses into human behaviour, emphasising loyalty and teamwork.
The <i>Anwar-i Suhayli</i> or 'The Lights of Canopus', commonly known as the <i>Fables of Bidpai</i> in the West, is a Persian version of the ancient Indian collection of animal fables, the <i>Panchatantra</i>. It tells a tale of a Persian physician, Burzuyah, and his mission to India, where he stumbles upon a book of stories collected from the animals who reside there.<br/><br/> In a similar vein to the <i>Arabian Nights</i>, the fables in the manuscript are inter-woven as the characters of one story recount the next, leading up to three or four degrees of narrative embedding. Many usually have morals or offer philosophical glimpses into human behaviour, emphasising loyalty and teamwork.
An elegant and beautiful woman sits on the floor with her two children and various pets.<br/><br/> The exquisitely dressed lady is tuning the strings she has just wound onto her instrument, a pipa lute. A silver box containing rolls of spare strings lies open on the floor beside her.
The <i>Anwar-i Suhayli</i> or 'The Lights of Canopus', commonly known as the <i>Fables of Bidpai</i> in the West, is a Persian version of the ancient Indian collection of animal fables, the <i>Panchatantra</i>. It tells a tale of a Persian physician, Burzuyah, and his mission to India, where he stumbles upon a book of stories collected from the animals who reside there.<br/><br/> In a similar vein to the <i>Arabian Nights</i>, the fables in the manuscript are inter-woven as the characters of one story recount the next, leading up to three or four degrees of narrative embedding. Many usually have morals or offer philosophical glimpses into human behaviour, emphasising loyalty and teamwork.
Bedouin (from the Arabic badawī بَدَوِي, pl. badw بَدْو or badawiyyūn بَدَوِيُّون) are a part of a predominantly desert-dwelling Arabian ethnic group traditionally divided into tribes, or clans, known in Arabic as ʿašāʾir (عَشَائِر).The term 'Bedouin' derives from a plural form of the Arabic word badawī, as it is pronounced in colloquial dialects. The Arabic term badawī (بدوي) derives from the word bādiyah (بَادِية), which means semiarid desert (as opposed to ṣaḥarāʾ صَحَرَاء, which means desert).<br/><br/> Starting in the late nineteenth century, many Bedouin under British rule began to transit to a seminomadic life. In the 1950s and 1960s, large numbers of Bedouin throughout Midwest Asia started to leave the traditional, nomadic life to settle in the cities of Midwest Asia, especially as hot ranges have shrunk and populations have grown. For example, in Syria the Bedouin way of life effectively ended during a severe drought from 1958 to 1961, which forced many Bedouin to abandon herding for standard jobs. Similarly, governmental policies in Egypt and Israel, oil production in the Persian Gulf, as well as a desire for improved standards of living, effectively led most Bedouin to become settled citizens of various nations, rather than stateless nomadic herders.
A low-class prostitute, or yotaka (literally 'night hawk') tries to lure a low ranking samurai retainer (yakko) by tugging at his sash. She carries a straw mat so that she can provide her services under the stars.<br/><br/>The first poem on the print puns on the word taka, literally 'hawk', and yotaka, 'nighthawk prostitute'. The last line meaning the strings attached to a hawk while hunting (Taka no ashigawa) can also mean the strap by which a samurai attaches his dagger to his sash.<br/><br/>The second poem plays on the convention of seeing a hawk in a New Year's dream, but here the hawk is the prostitute.
Decoupage (or découpage) is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf and so on. Commonly an object like a small box or an item of furniture is covered by cutouts from magazines or from purpose-manufactured papers. Each layer is sealed with varnishes (often multiple coats) until the 'stuck on' appearance disappears and the result looks like painting or inlay work. The traditional technique used 30-40 layers of varnish which were then sanded to a polished finish. The Ottoman court’s interest in decoupage work goes back to the second half of the 16th century. This special technique was mastered right into the 19th century by a few specialized artists, and in contrast to miniature painting, the output was fairly small.
Hawk Cave in Hala, on the east of Socotra island, is about 15 metres in diameter, 8 metres height, and 500 to 1000 metres horizontally deep.<br/><br/> Socotra, also spelt Soqotra, is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean. The largest island, also called Socotra, is about 95% of the landmass of the archipelago. It lies some 240 km (150 mi) east of the Horn of Africa and 380 km (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. The island is very isolated and through the process of speciation, a third of its plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. It has been described as the most alien-looking place on Earth. Socotra is part of the Republic of Yemen. It had long been a part of the 'Adan Governorate, but in 2004 it became attached to the Hadhramaut Governorate, which is in much greater proximity to the island than Aden.
Hawk Cave in Hala, on the east of Socotra island, is about 15 metres in diameter, 8 metres height, and 500 to 1000 metres horizontally deep.<br/><br/> Socotra, also spelt Soqotra, is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean. The largest island, also called Socotra, is about 95% of the landmass of the archipelago. It lies some 240 km (150 mi) east of the Horn of Africa and 380 km (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. The island is very isolated and through the process of speciation, a third of its plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. It has been described as the most alien-looking place on Earth. Socotra is part of the Republic of Yemen. It had long been a part of the 'Adan Governorate, but in 2004 it became attached to the Hadhramaut Governorate, which is in much greater proximity to the island than Aden.
Hawk Cave in Hala, on the east of Socotra island, is about 15 metres in diameter, 8 metres height, and 500 to 1000 metres horizontally deep.<br/><br/> Socotra, also spelt Soqotra, is a small archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean. The largest island, also called Socotra, is about 95% of the landmass of the archipelago. It lies some 240 km (150 mi) east of the Horn of Africa and 380 km (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula. The island is very isolated and through the process of speciation, a third of its plant life is found nowhere else on the planet. It has been described as the most alien-looking place on Earth. Socotra is part of the Republic of Yemen. It had long been a part of the 'Adan Governorate, but in 2004 it became attached to the Hadhramaut Governorate, which is in much greater proximity to the island than Aden.