October 30, 2013.
Karen Hwang,
Assistant Professor of Art at Vassar College, and Patricia Phagan,
Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at
Vassar, will discuss the traveling exhibition currently on view at the Center through
December 15, 2013 entitled "
Genji's World in Japanese Woodblock Prints."
"The Tale of Genji, written in the eleventh century by the
Japanese court lady Murasaki Shikibu, has greatly influenced Japanese
culture, from novels and kabuki performances to today’s manga and animé.
That influence can be clearly seen in the works in this exhibition,
which features a rich array of fifty-seven woodblock prints by many of
Japan’s leading eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists."
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