If you don’t mind driving a couple of hours south on I-35, the San Antonio Museum of Art will debut one of its four seasonal rotations of the Ukiyo-e or woodblock prints of Tsukioka (Taiso) Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) on November 3rd. The exhibit is called “Seasons of Beauty: Yoshitoshi’s Thirty-Two Aspects of Life,” and it will go until January 17th, 2010.
From the museum exhibit page:
“Seasons of Beauty: Yoshitoshi’s Thirty-two Aspects of Daily Life” will be exhibited in four seasonal rotations in the Special Exhibition Gallery on the second floor of Lenora and Walter F. Brown Asian Art Wing. Each seasonal rotation will present eight prints according to the traditional order. The first season’s rotation will be open from November 4 to January 17. Among the first prints are images of women engaged in activities such as reading a novel, getting a tattoo, and idly resting.
The four seasonal rotations of Yoshitoshi’s remarkable “Thirty-Two Aspects of Daily Life” will provide SAMA visitors with an entire year of enjoyment. The prints, which are from a single first edition and in excellent condition, are on special loan from Lenora and Walter F. Brown.
If you need a map to the museum, here ya go:
Coincidentally, the Honolulu Academy of Arts just released more than 4,000 woodblock prints on its website. Check out their eMuseum.