Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery
November 2007 to April 2008
Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery is pleased to present this touring exhibition available to other establishments for hire.
Japan: a floating world in print A captivating display of Ukiyo-e prints from the Edo and Meiji print masters.
The prints encompass the genres of beautiful women and dramatic landscapes. Well known print artists Utamaro, Hokusai and Hiroshige are all represented.
Introduction
Japan was opened up to the world following the end of the Edo period in 1868; and interest in the countries culture, art and crafts quickly grew in the succeeding decades.
Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many wealthy Western collectors amassed important collections of prints and decorative wares. It is on the collections of such local benefactors that the foundations of Maidstone Museum's outstanding Japanese collections lie.
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