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Elizabeth Keith (1887–1956) was born in Scotland. The publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō invited her to work on [shin-hanga] woodblock prints after seeing her exhibition of watercolor paintings of Korea in 1919. Her works depict everyday life in Asia, using deep and clear blues, as seen in this nightscape.
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
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July 20, 2026