The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints from the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art

Utagawa Hiroshige, Oji, Taki no Kawa #88 (The Waterfall River at Oji #88) from the series Meisho Yedo Hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), 1856, color woodblock print, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, gift of Wallace B. Rogers.

This exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints  illuminates an art form springing from Japan's Edo or Tokogawa period (1615-1868). The artworks portray the ukiyo-e "floating world" in elegant, otherworldly landscapes and scenes of leisure and pleasure. Each piece was printed as part of a series.

• View photos from the opening reception.
• See a demonstration of how to make ukiyo-e prints.
• Learn more about the history of ukiyo-e printmaking.
• Learn more about the history of the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. 
• Learn more about the exhibition at The Trout Gallery.