The Portland Art Museum (PAM) in Portland, Oregon recently exhibited Japanese Landscape Prints selected from PAM’s permanent collection. According to PAM:
“…this exhibition explores Japan’s journey with and through nature during the 19th century and into the modern age through the lens of landscape prints, revealing the at once reverential and playful spirit in which people held the trees, mountains, and rivers around them."
Shown above is Rainy Evening at Shinobazu Pond, 1938, by Kasamatsu Shirō (1898-1991). Color woodblock print on paper.
Shown above is Rain-Shrouded Pagoda in Yanaka, Tokyo, 1932, by Kasamatsu Shirō (1898-1991). Color woodblock print on paper.
Shown above is Near the Katase River in Kugenuma from the series Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake, 1924, by Oda Kanchō (1889-1961). Color woodblock print on paper.
Shown above is Unscathed Kannon Hall at Asakusa Temple from the series Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake, 1924, by Nishizawaa Tekiho (1889-1965). Color woodblock print on paper.
Shown above is Nihonbashi at Twilight from the series Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake, 1924, by Nishizawaa Tekiho (1889-1965). Color woodblock print on paper.
Shown above is Approach to the Kanda Bridge from the series Collection of Woodblock Prints of the Taishō Earthquake, 1924, by Isoda Chōshū (1880-1947). Color woodblock print on paper.
Shown above is Blossoms in the City, New Trees at a New Temple from the series Picture Book of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance, 1804/1806, by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Color woodblock print on paper.
Detail from Blossoms in the City, New Trees at a New Temple
Shown above is High Lantern of Kaya Temple, Ferryboat Dock at Onmayagashi from the series Picture Book of Both Banks of the Sumida River at a Glance, 1804/1806, by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Color woodblock print on paper.
Shown above is Pleasure-Boating on the Sumida River, 1788/1790, by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753(?)-1806). Color woodblock print on paper.
Detail from Pleasure-Boating on the Sumida River
Detail from Pleasure-Boating on the Sumida River
Shown above is Kanbara from the series Fifty-Three Stations on the Tōkaidō, 1973, by Sekino Jun’ichirō (1914-1988). Color woodblock print on paper.
Shown above is Shōno from the series Fifty-Three Stations on the Tōkaidō, 1962, by Sekino Jun’ichirō (1914-1988). Color woodblock print on paper.
Shown above is Waiting for the Tide from the series Seto Indland Sea, Second Series, 1930, by Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950). Color woodblock print on paper.
Shown above is Asahi Peak seen from Mount Hakuba from the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series, 1924, by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957). Color woodblock print on paper.
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