Print this page

Japanese Embroidered Paintings

Japanese hand embroidered painting, showing Mount Fuji. Japanese hand embroidered painting, showing Mount Fuji.

The tradition of making embroidered paintings developed in Japan in the nineteenth century. The representations made by famous painter/artists, such as Kishi Kikudō (1826-1897), Imao Keinen (1845-1924), and Takeuchi Seihō (1864-1942), were turned into embroideries, using the embroidery skills developed since the Edo period.

The embroiderers and artists also developed new motifs, including those taken from Japanese native flora and fauna, but they also designed motifs based on landscapes. They also used animals, portraits and other motifs that were found in Western paintings.

See also Japanese embroidery.

Digital source of illustration (retrieved 1 October 2016).

WV

Last modified on Saturday, 01 October 2016 11:59