Title

Beauty and Desire in Edo Period Japan.

Venues

National Gallery Of Australia (6 June 1998 – 9 August 1998)

Date

(1998)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Prints, Paintings, Textiles

Countries of context

Australia | Japan

Abstract

This spectacular exhibition featured woodblock prints, paintings and kimonos from the 17th century to the late 19th century. It explored  the image of woman as an aesthetic ideal through some 100 works by more than 35 artists, including Hokusai, Hiroshige, Utamaro, Sharaku, Moronobu, Harunobu, Kiyonaga, Kuniyoshi and Yoshitoshi.[Gallery media, 1998].