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Narratives in Japanese Woodblock Prints

March 27, 2019, through June 9, 2019

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  • Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Gama Sennin, the Toad Spirit, Teaching Yoshikado and His Sister Takiyasha the Arts of Magic, 1845, color woodblock print. Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund; 2008.62.

    Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), Kesa Gozen from the series Stories of Famous Women (Kokon meifu den), 1862, woodblock print. Purchased through a gift from Judith L. and Joseph N. Barker, Class of 1966; 2019.20.

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Japanese woodblock-print artists produced numerous rich engagements with culturally resonant narratives that were often loosely based on historical events, then subsequently embellished in textual sources and their theatrical adaptations. The artists featured in this exhibition explore a wide and often gendered range of responses to those narratives’ emotionally charged moral and ethical dilemmas.

Exhibition Curator

Allen Hockley

Exhibition Citation

Exhibition subject: AsiaTeaching Exhibition