The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art

This exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints  illuminates an art form springing from Japan's Edo or Tokogawa period (1615-1868). The artworks portray the ukiyo-e "floating world" in elegant, otherworldly landscapes and scenes of leisure and pleasure. Each piece was printed as part of a series.

•     See a demonstration of how to make ukiyo-e prints.
•     Learn more about the history of ukiyo-e printmaking.
•     Learn more about the history of the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art.
•     Learn more about the exhibition at The Trout Gallery.
  
•     Opening Reception: view photo.
  

Utagawa Hiroshige, Oji, Taki no Kawa #88 (The Waterfall River at Oji #88) from the series Meisho Yedo Hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), 1856, color woodblock print, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, gift of Wallace B. Rogers.

Published June 13, 2013