Kikugawa eizan biography of barack
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Takahashi Hakushin Collection
Takahashi Hakushin () was born in Obihiro, Hokkaido. Founder, president and chairman of the Takahashi Construction Co., he also collected and studied ukiyo-e for over three decades. In he received the 7th Susumu Uchiyama Prize for Dedication to Ukiyo-e from the Japan Ukiyo-e Society, and became a director of the Society in
In FY, Takahashi Daisuke, eldest son of Hakushin, donated works from his late fathers collection to the museum. The greater part of these were woodblock prints by Utagawa Kunisada, as well as by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Keisai Eisen, and other ukiyo-e artists; nearly all were of the bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) genre. The collection is a superb one not only for its consistently high level of artistry, but also for its historical and cultural value. Additionally, most of the prints display the finest carving and printing techniques and are in excellent condition. Overall they enable us to appreciate the beauty of ukiyo-e in
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Utagawa Toyokuni I, Women Washing and Stretching Cloth, ca. ,
woodblock print triptych, by 37 cm
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This years Asia Week in New York (March 10–19) offers an array of auctions, lectures, and exhibitions, including this one at Scholten Japanese Art:
Ukiyo-e Tales: Stories from the Floating World
Scholten Japanese Art, New York, 10–31 March
Scholten Japanese Art participates in Asia Week with Ukiyo-e Tales: Stories from the Floating World, an exhibition focused on classic Japanese woodblock prints. The exhibition will take us back to the golden age of ukiyo-e and will feature works by some of the most important artists of the late 18th and up to the midth century. We will focus predominately on images of beauties and the layers of meaning and stories that are conveyed via subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) clues found in the compositions. The exhibition will begin with works by Suzuki Harunobu (ca. –70), who is largely credited with bringin
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ATTRIBUTED TO KEISAI EISEN (–) OR KIKUKAWA EIZAN ()
Edo period (), first half of the 19th century
An oban yoko-e shunga print titled Asakusa ichi ni yoru[] oiran (High-ranking Courtesan Visiting [her lover] during an Outing to the Asakusa Fair) depicting an oiran making love to her lover after visiting the Tori no ichi (Rooster Fair), unsigned; in a card mount. cm x 37cm (10 1/8in x 14 9/16in).
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