Teaching Gallery: Divine Inspiration

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Teaching Gallery: Divine Inspiration
Sherry Fowler, curator
April 10, 2012–April 22, 2012
White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

For this exhibition, students in the spring 2012 History of Art seminar “Japanese Prints and the American Museum,” taught by Dr. Sherry Fowler, Associate Professor of Japanese Art History, selected Japanese prints from the Spencer Museum of Art collection.

Works of art

Shaka Triad with Sixteen Deities
Shaka Triad with Sixteen Deities, 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period
Susanoo no mikoto preparing to slay an eight-headed dragon, Keisai Eisen
Keisai Eisen
#18 Marishiten appearing to Prince Siddhartha on Mt. Ryōju, Utagawa Kunisada II
Utagawa Kunisada II
#18 Marishiten appearing to Prince Siddhartha on Mt. Ryōju, 1860, 4th month, Edo period (1600–1868)
Nikko futatsudo (Two Temple Buildings at Nikko), Kawase Hasui
Kawase Hasui
Nikko futatsudo (Two Temple Buildings at Nikko), 1929, Showa period (1926–1989)
Tōfukuji Nehanzō (Parinirvana image from Tōfukuji temple in Kyoto), Kichizan Minchō
Kichizan Minchō
Tōfukuji Nehanzō (Parinirvana image from Tōfukuji temple in Kyoto), late Edo period (1600–1868) to early Meiji period (1868–1912)
#47 Fudō Waterfall at Ōji, Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige
#47 Fudō Waterfall at Ōji, 1857, 9th month, Edo period (1600–1868)
Qingao riding a carp, Totoya Hokkei
Totoya Hokkei
Qingao riding a carp, circa 1820, Edo period (1600–1868)
Minister Hong bows to the heavenly teacher, Yokoyama Kazan
Yokoyama Kazan
Minister Hong bows to the heavenly teacher, 1829, Edo period (1600–1868)
Daikoku lifting a rice bale, Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai
Daikoku lifting a rice bale, 1825, Edo period (1600–1868)
Seiōbo (Hsi Wang Mu, the Taoist goddess), Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai
Seiōbo (Hsi Wang Mu, the Taoist goddess), circa 1800–1805, Edo period (1600–1868)
Jigoku dayū (Hell Courtesan), Kawanabe Kyōsai; Sawamuraya Seikichi
Kawanabe Kyōsai; Sawamuraya Seikichi
Jigoku dayū (Hell Courtesan), 1874, Meiji period (1868–1912)
都名所図絵 Miyako meisho zue (Famous Places in the Capital)
Kawanabe Kyōsai; Sawamuraya Seikichi
Ebisu Throwing Beans at Oni on Setsubun, Okumura Masanobu
Okumura Masanobu
Ebisu Throwing Beans at Oni on Setsubun, Edo period (1600–1868)
Hotei carrying three children across a stream in a bag on his head, Kawanabe Kyōsai
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Hotei carrying three children across a stream in a bag on his head, circa 1880s or 1890s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Ikarugadera Temple in Early Autumn, Hiratsuka Unichi
Hiratsuka Unichi
Ikarugadera Temple in Early Autumn, 1942, Showa period (1926–1989)
courtesan offering a pipe to Bodhidharma, Suzuki Harunobu
Suzuki Harunobu
courtesan offering a pipe to Bodhidharma, 1765, Edo period (1600–1868)
Kōi godairei no zu (Picture of Noble's Imperial Ceremony), Watanabe Nobukazu
Watanabe Nobukazu
Nobotoura (The Coast of Noboto), Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai
Nobotoura (The Coast of Noboto), circa 1830, Edo period (1600–1868)
Inbutsu (stamp print) of Fudō Myōō
Katsushika Hokusai
Inbutsu (stamp print) of Fudō Myōō, 1200s–1300s, Kamakura period (1185–1333) or Muromachi period (1336–1573)
Minister Hong bows to the Heavenly Teacher, Yokoyama Kazan
Yokoyama Kazan
Minister Hong bows to the Heavenly Teacher, early 1890s, Edo period (1600–1868)

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