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Beyond the Floating World: Japanese Prints in the 20th Century

Sarah Burt, curator

White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

An exhibition of major twentieth-century Japanese printmakers that displayed the rich diversity of the modern Japanese print. The show traced two parallel printmaking movements, shin hanga or the New Print movement and sosaku hanga, or the Creative Print movement, that sought to reinterpret the Japanese print and take it in new directions. The prints came from the Spencer, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and several Kansas City collectors. The show was organized by Sarah Burt, art history graduate student and intern in the registrar's office.

Works of art

Erich Heckel (1883–1970), Liegende (Reclining figure) — Liegende (Reclining figure)

Erich Heckel

1913

Sekino Junichirō (1914–1988), Nissaka (The New Tokaido) — Nissaka (The New Tokaido)

Sekino Junichirō

1960, Showa period (1926–1989)

Hiratsuka Unichi (1895–1997), Ikarugadera Temple in Early Autumn — Ikarugadera Temple in Early Autumn

Hiratsuka Unichi

1942, Showa period (1926–1989)

Tanaka Ryōhei (1933–1999), Ruined Farm House #4 (Wall #4) — Ruined Farm House #4 (Wall #4)

Tanaka Ryōhei

1975, Showa period (1926–1989)

Maki Haku (1924–2000), Wan-16(B) — Wan-16(B)

Maki Haku

late 1980s

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957), Nikko futatsudo (Two Temple Buildings at Nikko) — Nikko futatsudo (Two Temple Buildings at Nikko)

Kawase Hasui

1929, Showa period (1926–1989)

Hagiwara Hideo (1913–2007), Memories of the East — Memories of the East

Hagiwara Hideo

1983, Showa period (1926–1989)

Iwami Reika (1927–2020), Waxing Moon and Ocean "B" — Waxing Moon and Ocean "B"

Iwami Reika

1990

Takahashi Rikio (1917–1999), The Letter (From Kyoto) — The Letter (From Kyoto)

Takahashi Rikio

1984, Showa period (1926–1989)

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957), Moon at Magome — Moon at Magome

Kawase Hasui

1930, Showa period (1926–1989)

Shinoda Tōkō (1913–2021), For Thee-N — For Thee-N

Shinoda Tōkō

1988, Showa period (1926–1989)

Takahashi Shōtei (1871–1945), Night Rain at Kiritoshi — Night Rain at Kiritoshi

Takahashi Shōtei

circa 1910s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Yoshida Hiroshi (1876–1950), Calm Wind — Calm Wind

Yoshida Hiroshi

1937, Showa period (1926–1989)

Yoshida Hiroshi (1876–1950), Misty Day in Nikkō — Misty Day in Nikkō

Yoshida Hiroshi

1937, Showa period (1926–1989)

Ohara Shōson (1877–1945), Herons in Snow — Herons in Snow

Ohara Shōson

circa 1910s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Kasamatsu Shirō (1898–1992), Kusate Onna (Women Harvesting Rice) — Kusate Onna (Women Harvesting Rice)

Kasamatsu Shirō

1958, Showa period (1926–1989)

Itō Sōzan (1884–?), Bird on maple branch — Bird on maple branch

Itō Sōzan

late 1910s–early 1920s, Meiji period (1868–1912) or Taisho period (1912–1926)

Yoshida Hiroshi (1876–1950), Suzukawa [Mt.Fuji from the Suzu River] — Suzukawa [Mt.Fuji from the Suzu River]

Yoshida Hiroshi

1935, Showa period (1926–1989)

Kawase Hasui (1883–1957), Senzoku no Ike (Snow on Senzoku Pond) — Senzoku no Ike (Snow on Senzoku Pond)

Kawase Hasui

1928, Showa period (1926–1989)