Showing posts with label woodblock prints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label woodblock prints. Show all posts

Jan 4, 2011

Japanese Woodblock Prints at the San Diego Museum of Art


Today I went to the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park with Omari to see the "Dreams and Diversions" exhibit.  This exhibit features Japanese woodblock prints from 250-years ago to the present.  A majority of the prints were from two artists named Hakusai (1760 - 1849) and Hiroshige (1797-1858).  The prints featured were the first examples of mass produced postcards.  These postcards were sold at key points along the road from Kyoto to Edo (now Tokyo) as a way to remember the trip.

I bought a couple of postcard books from the gift shop as souvenirs of the visit.


For information about the exhibit and an online gallery showing the images Omari and I saw today, follow this link.