Author Archive: Diana Lu
Monthly Archive: December Dian
What Is “Obscene”? And Who Decides? — Thought and Proposition by the Curator of "A Third Gender"
What Is “Obscene”? And Who Decides? — Thought and Proposition by the Curator of A Third Gender
By Asato Ikeda
Artists of the Floating World, Part II
Written by Josiah Ariyama
Supervised by Dr. Asato Ikeda
In the sunset years of his life and a hundred years before Perry, Suzuki Harunobu revolutionized the woodblock printing method, rendering previous methods obsolete. In Part II we look at nishiki-e, full-coloured prints from 1765 onward.
Harunobu
Artists of the Floating World, Part I
Written by Josiah Ariyama
Supervised by Dr. Asato Ikeda
A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints, exhibited at the ROM from May until November, 2016 offers but a glimpse into the lives of Wakashu, or “young companions” living in Edo period Japan (1603-1868). The exhibition not only features a plethora of great woodblock prints, but exacerbates the viewer’s imaginary journey into this time through the use of film, screens, and sartorial artefacts such as armour, kimono and hair ornaments.
The Japanese Art Collection of the ROM: A Look at Edo Period Tsuba
