EAN: 9783039422937

IMPRESSIONS OF JAPAN

In 2015  the Swiss Musée Jenisch Vevey received a bequest that also comprised around 2 000
Japanese colored woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). Many of them originate from the workshops of the
most famous artists of the Utagawa school  who were active between 1765 and 1930 and are rarely
represented in European collections. They stand out due to their fine printing technique  the
use of precious materials and vibrant colors  as well as their excellent state of preservation.
The collection also includes some 350 sketches and final preparatory drawings pasted onto the
block for printing (shita-e)  which are usually destroyed during the printing process. They
offer an impressive insight into the artists' creative process before a final drawing is
submitted to the printer for execution. Impressions of Japan features 200 ukiyo-e  shita-e  and
sketches from the mid 19th to early 20th century. They depict kabuki theater scenes  textile
art  the joys and pleasures of Japanese society  famous fairy tales  traveling in and around
the landscapes of Japan. Scholarly essays and an appendix offering explanations of printmaking
techniques  types of paper used  and about printmaking in 21st-century Japan supplement the
images. The beautifully designed book will appeal particularly to experts and lovers of colored
Japanese woodblock prints.

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