Museum Kunstpalast presents Samurai, Stars of the Stage and Beautiful Women, apanese colour woodblock prints by Kunisada and Kuniyoshi, on view 0 September 2011–15 January 2012.
The exhibition presents a selection of some 80 prints of the artists who competed with each other for the favour of the public during their lifetimes. The Collection consists in a large donation of Japanese colour woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), especially 220 works by Utagawa Kunisada (1786–1865) and Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861) alone.
Kuniyoshi’s ink and brush drawings, which are similarly part of the prints and drawings collection, will now be shown to a broader public for the first time. The subject repertoire of the exhibited works includes pictures of beautiful women, famous actors from the traditional Kabuki Theatre, theatre scenes and portrayals of heroes by the two colour woodblock print masters who were both very popular in the 19th century. A few of Kuniyoshi’s beloved whimsical and feline pictures will also be shown.
The exhibition is organised under the patronage of the Japanese Consulate General in Düsseldorf.
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