UTAGAWA: MASTERS OF THE JAPANESE PRINT, 1770-1900,”

The Japanese print market of the 19th century was dominated by the Utagawa school, founded by Utagawa Toyoharu, and is responsible for more than half of all surviving Ukiyo-e (“floating world”) prints. On Friday the BROOKLYN MUSEUM opens an exhibition of these prints, which were created for a popular audience and represent famous places, landscapes, warriors and Kabuki actors. The show, “UTAGAWA: MASTERS OF THE JAPANESE PRINT, 1770-1900,” includes more than 70 Japanese woodblock prints from the Van Vleck collection at the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and about 20 prints from the Brooklyn Museum. Through June 15, 200 Eastern Parkway, at Prospect Park, (718) 638-5000, brooklynmuseum.org.

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/utagawa/