'Floating World' Works From Japan's Edo Period on Show in Southern Taiwan

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The iconic Japanese woodblock print "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" is among the works from Japan's Edo Period on display at the Chiayi branch of the National Palace Museum in southern Taiwan.

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00:00Giving visitors a glimpse into Japan's past, this is the beauty of The Floating World in Edo

00:12exhibition at the National Palace Museum's branch in Jiayi, southern Taiwan. It features over 200

00:19artworks from the 16th to 18th century. They include folding screens, hand scrolls, and wood

00:26block prints, typical of what's called The Floating World, or Yukio-e style, evoking the urban

00:33life and culture of the time.

00:56Yukio-e works flourished during that period, demonstrating high levels of technical

01:03skill and creativity, and they even influenced Western music and arts.

01:08Wow, the people of the Ha experiencia saw in the global warming world. They even influenced

01:09Western music and art.

01:11透過貿易,荷蘭商人把日本的服飾會傳遞到了西方,西方的畫家

01:17開始注意這樣的一種藝術表現形式,我們把畫的藝術表現形式看起來

01:23顏色非常的豐富,然後構圖又非常的特別。那再加上有些伏飾會當中

01:28In addition to some of the dressings, it was full of excitement and excitement.

01:33This would影響西方的艺术。

01:36Among the artworks is the famous woodblock print,

01:39The Great Wave of Kanagawa, by Katsushika Hokusai,

01:44which features towering waves engulfing small boats,

01:47with Mount Fuji in the background.

01:49The artwork is so iconic that it's everywhere in Japan.

01:53Just take out a 1,000 yen backnote issued in 2024,

01:57and you can find it right here.

01:59The work has even been praised by the Dutch master, Vincent van Gogh,

02:03describing the Great Waves as resembling the claws of an eagle.

02:20Many visitors were astonished to get a glimpse of the waves in person,

02:25traveling from all over Taiwan.

02:26I'm from the airport.

02:28I'm from the airport.

02:29I'm from the airport.

02:30I'm from the airport.

02:30This is absolutely the thing I'm going to look for.

02:33I'm from the airport.

02:33It's already been a神.

02:35The隔世北寨, the airport.

02:37I'm from the airport.

02:38It's the impression that I'm from the airport.

02:41It's a small dress.

02:42To date, over 50,000 have visited the event since it opened to the public on May 30th.

03:03The exhibition will run until the end of August, one of many events celebrating the National

03:08Palace Museum's 100th anniversary.

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