ART OF JAPAN

HOW MANY TYPES OF ART?

MANGA

• Mangas are comics in china or by creators in the Japanese language. They are mainly in black and white and if a manga gets popular enough it gets animated.
• The market makes makes 282 million dollars a year off of manga

ORIGAMI

• Origami is the art of folding paper in japan.
• It began in 102a.d when paper became more available.
• An example of origami a crane. It is a symbol of peace. There is a saying that if you fold 1000 cranes you will have good health.

IREZUMI

• Irezumi is the art of traditional Japanese tattooing. Most of the time they are of stories of history of myths.
• Irezumi was originally used as a way of punishment for criminals. When they did something bad they would get a tattoo of an x or three lines on the forehead to show shame.
• Now and days they are just used for decoration
• It began in 10,000 B.C

CONTEMPORARY ART

• Contemporary art is the art of graffitte
• Its known as modernism
• Started in 1910
• It doesnt have a theme instead its prismatic and multi-faceted. They can have a theme but they usually dont

WHEN WERE THEY MADE?

• Each kind of art in japan was made at different times due to depression,war,peace,or even for fun

WHEN DID THEY START

SOURCES

• Wikipedia
• Origamiwithrachelkatz.com
• Japantalk.org