tokyo
Tabaimo
"'Yumechigae.' According to the dictionary, this means: A charm to divert misfortune after experiencing a nightmare." Thus opens the essay to this exquisite exhibition catalog for a solo show of Japanese artist Tabaimo’s work at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, in the summer of 2003. Tabaimo is a contemporary Japanese artist whose immersive video installations evoke Japanese woodblock prints (Ukiyo-e), manga, and anime to express the anxieties underpinning Japanese society in an age of globalization.
Monkey on train
Image from Report on the metropolitan zoos of Tokyo
Image from Report on the metropolitan zoos of Tokyo
The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono
The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono is the Phoenix Art Museum’s groundbreaking study of the long overlooked art of surimono prints. This catalog was published to accompany the exhibition, “Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese Art.” Surimono were Japanese woodblock prints privately commissioned for special occasions, an important event, or for circulation among a small group of people.
Katsukawa Shunshō Nikuhitsu Shunkyū Higi Zukan
Shunkyū Higi Zukan [勝川春章肉筆春宮秘戯図巻 (Secret erotic play)] is a set of erotic paintings produced by Katsushika Shunshō (1726-1793), one of the most important ukiyo-e painters of the Edo period (1600-1868).
