(''lit.'' 'Flower of the Nation') is a
periodical
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of
East Asian art East Asian art includes:
*Chinese art
*Japanese art
Japanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including Jōmon pottery, ancient pottery, Japanese sculpture, sculpture, Ink wash painting, ink painting and Japanese calligraphy, cal ...
, first issued in October 1889. ''Kokka'' was established by
Okakura Tenshin, journalist , and a patron of the arts who sought to challenge the primacy of
Western art
The art of Europe, or Western art, encompasses the history of visual art in Europe. European prehistoric art started as mobile Upper Paleolithic rock and cave painting and petroglyph art and was characteristic of the period between the Paleol ...
in
Meiji Japan. ''Kokka'' is published in
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
, with contents and some summaries in
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
. In 1905 an English-language edition was also published. A pioneer of
collotype
Collotype is a gelatin-based photographic printing process invented by Alphonse Poitevin in 1855 to print images in a wide variety of tones without the need for halftone screens. The majority of collotypes were produced between the 1870s and 1 ...
printing in Japan, the publication is renowned for the quality of its images.
See also
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Cultural Properties of Japan
A is administered by the Government of Japan, Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), and includes Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan, tangible properties (structures ...
*
Datsu-A Ron
"Datsu-A Ron" ( Japanese Kyūjitai: , Shinjitai: ) was an editorial published in the Japanese newspaper '' Jiji Shimpo'' on March 16, 1885 arguing that Meiji Japan should abandon the "conservative governments" of Qing China and Joseon Korea and a ...
References
External links
CiNii Article Finder
Japanese art
Architecture in Japan
Japanese crafts
Japanese studies
Japanese-language journals
Magazines established in 1889
1889 establishments in Japan
Architecture magazines
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