18 May - 8 September 2019
Japan's four distinct seasons have been a source of inspiration to artists and poets for hundreds of years.
In these woodblock prints from Bristol’s collection plants, animals and weather act as powerful symbols of seasonal change.
When the prints were first made, Japanese customers would have understood how these natural motifs linked to local beliefs and Japan’s main religions of Shinto and Buddhism.
Educated people would have gained further pleasure from reading the poems inscribed on many of the prints and spotting visual references to classical Japanese novels and poetry.
This exhibition is the third of three showcasing Bristol Museum & Art Gallery’s Japanese woodblock prints, one of the top five regional collections in the UK.
See some of the prints here
When the prints were first made, Japanese customers would have understood how these natural motifs linked to local beliefs and Japan’s main religions of Shinto and Buddhism.
Educated people would have gained further pleasure from reading the poems inscribed on many of the prints and spotting visual references to classical Japanese novels and poetry.
This exhibition is the third of three showcasing Bristol Museum & Art Gallery’s Japanese woodblock prints, one of the top five regional collections in the UK.
See some of the prints here
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