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Pictures of the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Japanese Woodblock Prints
Start Date: 2/29/2016Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Date: 5/6/2016End Time: 8:00 PM

Event Description

Exhibition from February 29, 2016 through May 6, 2016. The Drexel Collection houses nearly 200 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints, also known as Ukiyo-e, a popular technique and genre of woodblock printing in Japan from the 17th to the 19th century. The majority of the prints were donated by James W. Paul, Jr. (1851-1908), the husband of Anthony J. Drexel’s second child, Frances Katherine Drexel (1852–1892). There are over a quarter of the prints displayed in this exhibition, representing the different styles and categories found in the collection, from actors and beauties to scenes of daily life.

The exhibition was guest curated by Yanrong Shen ’16, a student in Drexel’s Museum Leadership program, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.

The Rincliffe Gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Gallery is free and open to the public.


Contact Information:
Name: Lynn Clouser
Phone: 215-895-2414
Email: lcc48@drexel.edu
Detail of Japanese woodblock print
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The exhibition is on display in the Rincliffe Gallery on the third floor of the Main Building at 3141 Chestnut St.
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