Turn off notifications and raise the volume: relax for a few seconds and press the play button to be teleported to Japan in the 19th Century. What you will see are ten ancient Japanese paintings (created between 1786 and 1900, scanned and published by the Library of Congress) that I animated.
Animated and Directed by Pasquale D'Amico
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Music by Koto strings in Sakura (cherry blossom)
Print scans by Library of Congres (W.D.C.)
Image License: loc.gov/rr/print/res/371_japa.html
Special thanks to Elga Strafella for Japanese translations.
Japanese Artists in order of appearance:
Gajō icchō
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858
Enshū akiba enkei fukuroi no tako
Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826?-1869
Zoushigaya fujimi chaya
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858
Suruga miho no matsubara / Hiroshige-ga.
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858
Aka
Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864
[Kazusa Kanōzan] / Hiroshige-ga.
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858
Ichikawa monnosuke no yaoya oshichi
Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1777-1835
Senju no oubashi
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858
Tehidoi tsubushigata
Kobayashi, Kiyochika, 1847-1915
Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900
