York photo dump – #2

I visited the exhibition Making Waves: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Print last Wednesday at York Art Gallery. 

It well and truly blew me away to see historic (and modern) woodblock printing techniques up close. Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area.

This is part 2 of 2 of my York photo dump.

William Etty's statue outside York Art Gallery.

The façade of York Art Gallery.

Act IX: The Rejection, from the series 'Scenes from the Chushingura Drama Represented by Women', 1859 by Utagawa Kunisada.

Asakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival, from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo', 1857 by Utagawa Hiroshige. A favourite.

A Performance Taking Place at the Moritaza Kabuki Theatre, 1872 by an Utagawa School artist.

In the Kado-Ebiya on First Street in Kyomachi in the New Yoshiwara, about 1830 by Utagawa Kunisada.

Gravemarker Moon with Ono no Komachi, from the series 'One Hundred Aspects of the Moon', 1886 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.

Monkey, from the series 'Twelve Signs of the Zodiac', 1852 by Utagawa Kunisada.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa, from the series 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji', about 1831 by Katsushika Hokusai. Astounding to see one of the rare original prints of this in person.

June, from the series 'Twelve Months of the Year', about 1898 by Miyagawa Shuntei.

Courtesan in a Puppy-Print Kimono, 1859 by Utagawa Yoshitora.

Retired Emperor Sanuki Sends Allies to Rescue Tametomo, 1848-52 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

Fuji 14, 2001 by Namiki Hajime.

A wedding kimono, 20th century.

Another angle of the kimono.

Blossom photographed along Queen Street, Station Road, and Museum Street.