JAPANESE PRINTS: MAKING WAVES

A red Kintaro acting as an umpire for two battling tengu by Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815), colour woodblock print. Tengu are winged, beaked, and clawed birds that lived in the mountains and forests.

Over 100 Japanese prints from celebrated artists such as Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), and Kitagawa Utamaro (1754?-1806), among many others, will create a visually impressive display and provide intriguing insight into the history and development of Japanese woodblock… Continue reading

Tokyo Art & Photography

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