Fragile Beauty: Historic Japanese Graphic Art

Sat 3 May 2014 — Sat 8 Nov 2014

Fragile Beauty: Historic Japanese Graphic Art — Katsushika Hokusai
Sōshū Shichiri-ga-hama (Shichiri-ga-hama [beach] in Suruga Province) 1830-1833
Mackelvie Trust Collection
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Exhibition Details

Commonly known as ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world), these distinctive colour woodblock prints are among the most popular of all Japanese works of art. The carefully composed images reveal the fleeting beauty and refined pleasures of Japanese society in the last century of the Edo Period (1603–1868) when that country was largely closed to the outside world.

Comprising six themes from the repertoire of Japanese graphic artists, this exhibition explores images of tranquil landscapes and fierce battles, skillful actors and renowned beauties. From the natural world to the contrived splendour of the Yoshiwara pleasure-district, each print reveals an aspect of the culture of a lost world.

Date: Sat 3 May 2014 — Sat 8 Nov 2014
Curated by: Matthew Norman
Location: Mezzanine level
Cost: Free entry

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Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

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Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

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Size (h x w)

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Credit line

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woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

356 x 244 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

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Medium

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Size (h x w)

708 x 249 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

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Medium

woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

363 x 252 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

M64

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Production date

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Medium

woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

207 x 185 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

M71

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Production date

1830-1840

Medium

woodcut

Size (h x w)

381 x 259 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr Dennis R Nathan, 1972

Accession no

1972/18/4

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Production date

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Medium

woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

367 x 271 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

M135

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Medium

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Size (h x w)

367 x 271 mm

Credit line

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Medium

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Size (h x w)

367 x 271 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

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Size (h x w)

374 x 256 mm

Credit line

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Credit line

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Production date

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Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939

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Production date

1852

Medium

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Size (h x w)

370 x 256 mm

Credit line

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Accession no

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Production date

1852

Medium

woodcut : nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

370 x 256 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939

Accession no

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Production date

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Medium

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Size (h x w)

348 x 74 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

M106

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Production date

1815-1835

Medium

woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

373 x 255 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

M99

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Utagawa Toyoshige II

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Production date

1790-1804

Medium

woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

722 x 246 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

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Production date

1843-1846

Medium

woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

368 x 271 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

M138

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Utagawa Yoshitora

Production date

1843-1846

Medium

woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

368 x 271 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

M139

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Utagawa Yoshitora

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Utagawa Yoshitora

Production date

1843-1846

Medium

woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

368 x 271 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

M140

Kusunoki Chihaya rôjô no zu (Kusunoki at the Siege of Chihaya)

Utagawa Yoshitora

Eiyū-zoroi (A Gathering of Heroes) — Eiyū-zoroi (A Gathering of Heroes)

Utagawa Yoshitora

Production date

1860

Medium

ink

Size (h x w)

346 x 714 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1971

Accession no

1971/20/2

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Utagawa Yoshitora

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Production date

1830

Medium

woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

187 x 137 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

M69

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Production date

1847

Medium

woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

372 x 256 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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Utagawa Kunisada

Production date

1862

Medium

woodcut : nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

370 x 253 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939

Accession no

1939/4/16

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Utagawa Kunisada

Tiger in Bamboo — Tiger in Bamboo

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Production date

circa 1770

Medium

ink

Size (h x w)

1600 x 800 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from a private collection

Accession no

L2013/5/2

Tiger in Bamboo

Takanawa tsuki no yūbe (Moonlit Evening at Takanawa) — Takanawa tsuki no yūbe (Moonlit Evening at Takanawa)

Andō Hiroshige

Production date

circa 1847

Medium

woodcut - nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

232 x 357 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Accession no

M89

Takanawa tsuki no yūbe (Moonlit Evening at Takanawa)

Andō Hiroshige

Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Kanpei, and Nakamura Gantarō as Sagisaka Bannai — Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Ka...

Utagawa Kunisada

Production date

1786-1865

Medium

woodcut : nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

371 x 254 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939

Accession no

1939/4/15

Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Ka...

Utagawa Kunisada

Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Kanpei, and Nakamura Gantarō as Sagisaka Bannai — Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Ka...

Utagawa Kunisada

Production date

1786-1865

Medium

woodcut : nishiki-e (full colour) technique

Size (h x w)

369 x 253 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the relatives of Mr T V Gulliver, 1939

Accession no

1939/4/14

Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III as Koshimoto Okaru, Bandō Hikosaburō V as Hayano Ka...

Utagawa Kunisada

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