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Images of the
Floating World and
Beyond: Japanese
Woodblock
Prints - thru Sept 13

This echibit extends
from the late eighteenth
century to an example
from the twenty-first. Ukiyo-e, or “images of the Floating
World,” depict hedonistic pleasures in ancient Japan—
the world of geishas, kabuki actors, and sumo wrestlers. Woodblock prints of the eighteenth to nineteenth
centuries by such celebrated artists as Utamaro, Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Yoshitoshi set the stage. Of special
note is a portfolio, The Modern Japanese Print (1962),
compiled by the legendary writer James Michener, who
lived in Asia for many years. It contains 10 prints along
with text by Mr. Michener, who championed contemporary Japanese works, as well as twentieth-century
American art. This exhibition takes visitors on an artistic and cultural journey through the centuries, spotlights
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individual works of extraordinary merit, and reveals one
of the strengths of HQ