Shattering the Void: Realms of Meaning in East Asian Art
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Shattering the Void: Realms of Meaning in East Asian Art
Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
Shattering the Void moves through representations of everyday life to otherworldly realms from Chinese, Korean, and Japanese art. This exhibition is part of the Spencer Museum’s Freeman Foundation K–12 Educational Outreach Initiative.
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Works of art

陳少梅 Chen Shaomei (1909–1954)
1940, Republic of China (1911–1949)

1937, Showa period (1926–1989)

Fūgai Ekun (1568–1654)
late 1500s–early 1600s, Momoyama period (1573–1615) or Edo period (1600–1868)

Gekko (active late 1700s to early 1800s)
early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)

1782, Edo period (1600–1868)

Shiomi Masanari (1647–1722)
early 1700s

circa 1736–1795, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

date unknown

Cai Xinchun
late 1800s–early 1900s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1500s, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

early 1900s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

early 1900s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

Song dynasty (960–1279)

1600s, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)

late 1900s

2005

early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)

1782, Edo period (1600–1868)

early 1900s, Republic of China (1911–1949)

1700s–1800s, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

1800s, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

late 1700s–early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)

mid 1900s

late 1800s, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

1890, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Deme Uman (active 1772–1780)
circa 1772–1780, Edo period (1600–1868)

late 1600s–early 1700s, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

Satoru Hoshino (born 1945)
2004

late 1700s–early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)

Zhu Xi (1130–1200)
1130–1200, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)

Karasumaru Mitsuhiro (1579–1638)
late 1500s–early 1600s

Kita Busei (1776–1856); Tatekawa Emba II (active early 1800s)
1831, Edo period (1600–1868)

1891, Meiji period (1868–1912)

1880, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Meiji period (1868–1912)

2011

circa 1851–1853, Edo period (1600–1868)

circa 1845–1846, Edo period (1600–1868)

circa 1831, Edo period (1600–1868)

circa 1880s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

late 1900s

1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)

late 1800s, Meiji period, 1868–1912

late 1800s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

early 1900s, Republic of China (1911–1949)

date unknown

Edo period (1600–1868)

date unknown

1782, Edo period (1600–1868)

1900s

1888, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)