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Who collected over 200 Japanese prints at Giverny?
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What do Yayoi Kusama's best-known dotted sculptures show?
Answer: Pumpkins
Why: In 2021 a typhoon swept her yellow pumpkin on Naoshima island off its pier and into the sea.
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Which material did Britons call 'japan', as porcelain was 'china'?
Answer: Lacquer
Why: European copies of the glossy finish were called japanning, and imitation lacquer is still described as japanned.
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Which animal throws a rabbit in the Chōjū-giga scrolls?
Answer: A frog
Why: Not a touch of color appears: the whole scroll is brushed in black ink on white paper.
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Who copied two Hiroshige prints in oil paint?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
Why: Van Gogh made Hiroshige's colors far bolder and framed both copies with borders full of Japanese characters.
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How does a Noh actor make one mask look happy or sad?
Answer: By tilting it
Why: Actors call the upward tilt terasu, 'shining', and the downward tilt kumorasu, 'clouding'.
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For about how long did the print artist Sharaku work?
Answer: About 10 months
Why: In those ten months alone, Sharaku designed about 140 different prints.
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