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Magical Elements of the Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Mills College Art Museum Collections

Not on view
12/3/2014 - 5/31/2015
Organizing institution: Mills College Art Museum

Highlighting Japanese woodblock prints from MCAM’s collection, this exhibition is curated by students in Dr. Mary-Ann Milford’s course Japanese Paintings and Prints. Featured are a selection of over twenty ukiyo-e prints and books from the nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, including works by noted woodblock print masters Hiroshige (1797-1858), Hokusai (1760-1849), and Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). Japanese woodblock prints are known as ukiyo-e, which translates as “pictures of the floating world.” The exhibition examines aesthetic and conceptual considerations of woodblock print production. Including depictions of landscapes, women, natural disasters, and mythological figures, the works in the exhibition demonstrate the artists’ innovative uses of pictorial space, color, and printing processes to create dramatic compositions and a sense of otherworldliness.

Magical Elements of the Floating World is curated by Joel Frank, Zana Ito, Alexis Jimenez, Emily Landry, Abby Massarano, Sadie Padial, and Anjele Underwood. This exhibition is made possible by a gift in memory of Jacquelyne Weitzenhoffer Branch ’48.


Exhibition Objects (21)
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Image of 100 Aspects of the Moon, Genji: Yugao Chapter

100 Aspects of the Moon, Genji: Yugao Chapter 1986.1.64

Image of 100 Aspects of the Moon, Konkai (The Fox's Cry) ; Hakuzo-shu

100 Aspects of the Moon, Konkai (The Fox's Cry) ; Hakuzo-shu 1986.1.73

Image of 100 Aspects of the Moon, Moon of the Obon Festival

100 Aspects of the Moon, Moon of the Obon Festival 1986.1.47

Image of 100 Aspects of the Moon, Reflected Moonlight

100 Aspects of the Moon, Reflected Moonlight 1986.1.54

Image of 100 Aspects of the Moon, The Moon at Gojo Bridge: Yoshitsune

100 Aspects of the Moon, The Moon at Gojo Bridge: Yoshitsune 1986.1.33

Image of 100 Aspects of the Moon, The Moon of Sumiyoshi

100 Aspects of the Moon, The Moon of Sumiyoshi 1986.1.42

Image of 100 Aspects of the Moon, The Moon on a Hazy Night: Kumasaka

100 Aspects of the Moon, The Moon on a Hazy Night: Kumasaka 1986.1.49

Image of 100 Aspects of the Moon, The Moon Seen Through the Fire

100 Aspects of the Moon, The Moon Seen Through the Fire 1986.1.66

Image of Actor As Prince Inafune Standing Beneath a Maple Tree - panel of a triptych

Actor As Prince Inafune Standing Beneath a Maple Tree - panel of a triptych 1980.21.17

Image of Beauty (Lady of the Imperial Court)

Beauty (Lady of the Imperial Court) 1998.6.5

Image of Crossing Over Water

Crossing Over Water 1974.16

Image of Disaster in Karyu-Gai ( at Yanagi Bridge)

Disaster in Karyu-Gai ( at Yanagi Bridge) 1995.15.i

Image of Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road, Kusatsu

Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road, Kusatsu 1986.1.75

Image of Folding book of Japanese prints - cover

Folding book of Japanese prints - cover 1987.30.a

Image of Human Catastrophe

Human Catastrophe 1995.15.d

Image of Illustration for a poem by Saki no Chunagon Masafusa #73, Woman with a Lantern

Illustration for a poem by Saki no Chunagon Masafusa #73, Woman with a Lantern 1980.21.14

Image of Mother Combing Boy’s Hair

Mother Combing Boy’s Hair 1945.68.a

Image of Traveler in Snow (with accompanying Haiku)

Traveler in Snow (with accompanying Haiku) 1998.6.2.a

Image of Twenty Views of Tokyo, Moon at Magome

Twenty Views of Tokyo, Moon at Magome 1998.6.8

Image of Woman Trying to Read in Bed

Woman Trying to Read in Bed 1945.113

Image of Young Woman Holding a Lacquer Box

Young Woman Holding a Lacquer Box 1980.21.16



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