modern Japanese prints

Tokyo Art & Photography

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Tokyo art: Good-Evening-(c)-Sugiyama-Mototsugu.--Photo---Ashmolean-Museum,-University-of-Oxford

Tokyo: Art & Photography is a celebration of one of the world’s most dynamic cities. Artworks span the Edo period (1603-1868) to the contemporary photography of Daido Moriyama and Mika Ninagawa. The exhibition looks at a city which has undergone… Continue reading →

ITO SHINSUI: MODERN PRINT MASTER

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Before-Mirror Japanese print by Ito Shinsui

The prints designed by Japanese artist Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) feature traditional subjects, bold colours, and realism that went beyond 19th-century norms, a combination that achieved remarkable commercial success. In his homeland his reputation rested upon his paintings (from his later… Continue reading →