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Heroes of the Stage and Beauties of the Night. Masterpieces of the Japanese Woodblock Printing

from the Otto Riese and Johann Georg Geyger Collections

Schulenburg, Stephab von der (editor) and Hohn, Wolfgang (catalogue entries)

Catalogue from the exhibition Heroes of the Stage and Beauties of the Night. Masterpieces of the Japanese Woodblock Printing from the Otto Riese and Johann Georg Geyger Collections held at Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, from the 19th February to the 10th of May 2009.

The Japanese woodcut is one of the rare forms of cultural expression that only attain immortality after being transferred into another culture. Created between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, the ukiyo-e woodcut has only been counted among the most influential Japanese contributions to world art since the late nineteenth century. Painters like Monet and Van Gogh succumbed to its charm, followed by numerous artists and collectors all over the world. The subject of this publication are one of the most important German ukiyo-e collections, which present all of the great artists and themes of this genres, including theather prints, scenes from the red light districts, and topographical landscapes - from the early phases through to the classic masters of courtesan and actor's portraits, Utamaro and Sharaku, and including the great names of later years like Hokusai and Hiroshige. 235 woodcuts offer a representative survey of the most important chapters of this great Japanese art form.

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