DARKENING SKIES: THE TUMULTUOUS TIMES OF TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI

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Scholten Japanese Art is pleased to present during the September 2017 Asia Week DARKENING SKIES: THE TUMULTUOUS TIMES OF TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI, a continuation of our March 2017 landmark single-artist exhibition on Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), one of the last great ukiyo-e artists of the 19th century.

Drawing from a collection assembled over a period of nearly ten years and recently published in a full-color catalogue illustrating 180 woodblock prints, the September show will focus on the dynamic and tumultuous times in which Yoshitoshi lived as reflected in some of his more violent imagery. 

Yoshitoshi came of age during a period of great turmoil as the Japanese society was suddenly exposed to foreign influence after a 250-year long seclusion, prompting a period of regime change and rapid modernization. In the summer of 1853, coincidentally at the same time when the fourteen-year-old Yoshitoshi's first full-sized print was published, the American Commodore Matthew C. Perry (1794–1858) arrived in Edo Bay. Perry's 'gunboat diplomacy' forced Japan to open up to trade with the west and initiated a chain of events which would eventually lead to the downfall of shogun military rule and the restoration of the emperor in 1868. Heady times for a young artist to make his way in the world. 

The gallery exhibition will display approximately 40 prints and will be open for viewing 11am - 5pm, September 7 to 15. No appointment necessary. 

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