Students as Collectors
Since its inception in the fall of 2008, the class “ART 425: The Japanese Print,” taught by Professor Andrew Watsky in the Department of Art and Archaeology, has been held four times. The class is unique in that one of the major projects the students undertake is the selection of one or more prints for the Art Museum to acquire. By studying the history of woodblock prints in the Edo period (1600–1868), when prints developed greatly in both technical sophistication and artistic finesse, the students gained the knowledge necessary to make an informed acquisition for the Museum. On display here are prints that the four classes selected. Together they enrich and deepen the Museum’s collection of Japanese art.
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Couple with Pillow and Padded Kimono (Kaimaki futon to makura ni danjo かいまきふとんと枕に男女), from an untitled erotic series (Shunga shirīzu 春画シリーズ)
Couple with Pillow and Padded Kimono (Kaimaki futon to makura ni danjo かいまきふとんと枕に男女), from an untitled erotic series (Shunga shirīzu 春画シリーズ), 1710s
Edo period, 1603–1868
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Iwai Kumesaburō III as Princess Wakana Raising a Large Spider through Incantation (Wakana-hime 若菜姫), from the series “Contest of Magic Scenes by Toyokuni” (Toyokuni kigō gijutsu kioi 豊国揮毫奇術競)
Iwai Kumesaburō III as Princess Wakana Raising a Large Spider through Incantation (Wakana-hime 若菜姫), from the series “Contest of Magic Scenes by Toyokuni” (Toyokuni kigō gijutsu kioi 豊国揮毫奇術競), 1861
Edo period, 1603–1868
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Arashi Rikan II as the Shogun Taro, Nakamura Karoku I as Takiyosa, and Ichikawa Sukejiro in an unidentified role in a scene from the Play Soma Tarō Hyōbundan performed at the Naka Theater in 11/1832
Arashi Rikan II as the Shogun Taro, Nakamura Karoku I as Takiyosa, and Ichikawa Sukejiro in an unidentified role in a scene from the Play Soma Tarō Hyōbundan performed at the Naka Theater in 11/1832,
Edo period, 1603–1868
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Lovers’ Parting Embrace through a Mosquito Net (Kinuginu no wakare kaya no naigai きぬぎぬの別れ（蚊帳の内外）)
Lovers’ Parting Embrace through a Mosquito Net (Kinuginu no wakare kaya no naigai きぬぎぬの別れ（蚊帳の内外）), ca. 1767–69 [Meiwa 4–5]
Edo period, 1603–1868
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Nakamura Utaemon IV as Matsuomaru (「舎人松王丸」四代目中村歌右衛門), from an untitled series of actor portraits
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Matsuomaru (「舎人松王丸」四代目中村歌右衛門), from an untitled series of actor portraits, 1863
Edo period, 1603–1868
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Nakamura Utaemon IV as Matsuomaru (「舎人松王丸」四代目中村歌右衛門), from an untitled series of actor portraits
Nakamura Utaemon IV as Matsuomaru (「舎人松王丸」四代目中村歌右衛門), from an untitled series of actor portraits, ca. 1863
Edo period, 1603–1868
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The Monster’s Chūshingura (Bakemono Chūshingura 化物忠臣蔵)
The Monster’s Chūshingura (Bakemono Chūshingura 化物忠臣蔵), ca. 1863
Edo period, 1603–1868
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