Category Archives: Kuniyoshi

Japanese Prints and the Tradition of Story Telling

Posted on September 17, 2020 by

Complex narrative lies at the heart of traditional Japanese culture. From the very beginnings, the Japanese were devoted to the structure of sophisticated narrative. The first true novel, the 11th century Genji monogatari – “The Tale of the Genji”- is … Continue reading →

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Tales Of Old Japan

Posted on June 29, 2020 by

The new selection of prints online at Toshidama Japanese Prints takes inspiration from a book published by an English aristocrat in 1871. They are a random collection of folk tales, myths and stories from before the great modernisation of Japan … Continue reading →

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Bandits and Warlords. Fighting men in Japanese prints.

Posted on September 27, 2019 by

The Toshidama Gallery is showing a collection of prints featuring aggressive and violent folk heroes and warlords. The selection looks at how the populace of Edo expressed their frustration with the government and with the increasingly corrupt samurai class. As … Continue reading →

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Collecting Japanese Woodblock Prints

Posted on June 23, 2019 by

Prints From the collection of Ruth Muschel and Gillies McKenna at Wolfson College, Oxford. We attended the opening of an exhibition of Japanese prints from the private collection of ukiyo-e belonging to Ruth Muschel and Gillies McKenna at Wolfson College, … Continue reading →

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Tattoo You – The Continuing Debt To Ukiyo-e

Posted on September 29, 2017 by

The newspapers have been very full of risque images from the 13th International London Tattoo Convention . It’s a huge event, tattoos cover any number of different body types, body parts and genders and there seems no end to the … Continue reading →

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The Beautiful Image of Fuji Appearing in an Awning…

Posted on February 17, 2017 by

Kuniyoshi’s Virtuous Women for the Eight Views analysed and how Hokusai’s Mount Fuji appears in the awning. Continue reading →

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Will the British Museum be Host to Hokusai’s Kammachi Festival Float in May 2017?

Posted on January 24, 2017 by

The photograph at the top of this article appears at first glance to be a detail from the  famous woodblock print by the nineteenth century Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai: Kanagawami-oki nami-ura… The Great Wave, or its transliterated name, Under the … Continue reading →

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Male Tragedy in Japanese Woodblock Prints

Posted on January 6, 2017 by

Well, I guess that it’s deeply unfashionable right now to talk of the male struggle, the tragedy of the male and so on – there’s a contemporary trend to upbraid men for being… ‘pale, male and stale’. The fact is … Continue reading →

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Five Years of the Toshidama Gallery

Posted on October 5, 2015 by

It’s been 5 year since the Toshidama Gallery launched its online gallery, with themed virtual exhibitions and extensive catalogue notes, and to celebrate we are holding a show looking back over the past five years – and offering an extra … Continue reading →

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Dekiyo-e – The Horror, The Horror!

Posted on June 2, 2015 by

Alex Faulkner interviewed by Chris Bucklow. Alex Faulkner is the creative director of the Toshidama Gallery and an expert on nineteenth century Japanese prints. Alex is also a practising artist. Christopher Bucklow is an artist of international standing and an … Continue reading →

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