Teaching Gallery: Cherry Blossom Festival
Exhibition
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Teaching Gallery: Cherry Blossom Festival
Kate Meyer, curator
Amanda Wright, curator
Amanda Wright, curator
White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
This exhibit is presented in collaboration with the Center for East Asian Studies and was curated by Carpenter Foundation Intern of Asian Art Amanda Wright and overseen by Prints and Drawings Curatorial Assistant Kate Meyer with label text contributions by Art History graduate students Ye-Gee Kwon and Ji-Yeon Kim.
Works of art
Kasamatsu Shirō
Moonrise at Nezu Gangan Shrine,
1932, Showa period (1926–1989)
Kawai Kenji
Cherry Blossoms at Arashiyama,
1948, Showa period (1926–1989)
Hishikawa Sōri
spring landscape,
circa 1805, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
A Break for Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Hotaitei Brothel,
circa late 1830s–1840s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
Cherry Blossoms at Mt. Goten,
1800s?, Edo period (1600–1868)
Torii Kiyonaga
Courtesan Utahime Tying Poems to Cherry Branches,
1780s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige II
Shinobazu Ike (Shinobazu Pond),
1862, 3rd month, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
Ueno Tōeizan Kiyomizu miharashi no zu (The Clear View from Kiyomizu Temple at Toeizan in Ueno),
1841, Edo period (1600–1868)
Tsubaki Chinzan
Birds Amid Cherry Blossoms,
1828, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
Parrot on Magnolia Branch,
1830s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Sadahide
Ueno,
1847, Edo period (1600–1868)
Katsukawa Shunshō; Kitao Shigemasa
Courtesans of the Asahimaruya: Kanura, Yōzan, Orameginu, Wara'aya,
1776, Edo period (1600–1868)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; 和田彫勇 Wada Hori Yu; 綱島亀吉 Tsunashima Kamekichi
痛そう:寛政年間女郎の風俗 Ita sō: Kansei nenkan jorō no fūzoku (Looking in Pain: The Appearance of a Kansei-era Prostitute),
1888, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Utagawa Yoshifuji
Shunya (Spring Evening),
circa 1843–1847, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Kunimori II
Sakura Zukushi (Ennumeration of Cherry Trees),
1845–1846, Edo period (1600–1868)
Toyohara Chikanobu
倭錦春乃寿 Wakin haru no kotobuki (Spring Felicitations in Japanese Brocade),
1885, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Gonin otoko (Kabuki play, The 5 Chivalrous Commoners),
circa 1847–1852, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
#45 Ishiyakushi Yoshitsune zakura noriyori no hokora (Yoshitsune's Cherry Tree and Noriyori's Shrine at Ishiyakushi),
1855–1857, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Kunisada
Ariwara No Narihira as the Ghost of Seigen,
1852, 10th month, Edo period (1600–1868)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Matsui Eikichi
清玄堕落之図 Seigen daraku no zu (The Depravity of Monk Seigen),
1889, Meiji period (1868–1912)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Matsui Eikichi
tsuba (sword guard),
date unknown
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Matsui Eikichi
wine cup,
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Matsui Eikichi
wine cup,
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Matsui Eikichi
hair ornament,
date unknown
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Matsui Eikichi
kanzashi (hairpin),
late 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Matsui Eikichi
化粧箱 Keshobako (cosmetic box),
1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi; Matsui Eikichi
keshobako (vanity box),
date unknown