Ukiyo-e Prints Course | Exhibition Catalogs
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Description
"This book invites its readers to join RISD WS 2014 Japanese Prints class for an edifying expedition to Japan’s eight waterfalls portrayed by Katsushika Hokusai, an ukiyo-e preeminent artist, in his masterpiece print series “A Journey to the Waterfalls of Various Provinces.” In fact, this expedition is an academic endeavor undertaken by a collective of students who tried their hand at curating a museum exhibition as their art history course project. ..." -- Foreword, The Living Torrents: Hokusai's " Journey Around the Waterfalls of Various Provinces"
Contributing Authors
Jane Bak, Graham Bessellieu, Amy Chen, Julie Chon, Sofia Diaz de la Rocha, Margaret Finaly, Luis Gonzalez, Sarah Haenn, Blaine Harvey, Arielle Haut, Adele Helmers, Tevin Jackson, Lydia Kim, Christopher Lo, Anna Mouraleva, Hugo Nakashima-Brown, Francis Park, Jennifer Park, Nellie Robinson, Hyeong Geun Song, Kathleen Tess Spalty, Sixiao Tang, Erin Terui, Stephanie Wang, Rosrena Wong, Weiwei Zhou.
Publication Date
Winter 2014
Techniques
traditional format (bookbinding process), japanese
Instructor
Course
Ukiyo-e Prints (H791)
City
Providence
Keywords
Katsushika Hokusai, Journey around Waterfalls of Various Provinces, Kirifuri waterfall, Aoigaoka Waterfall, Ono Waterfall, The Amida Waterfall, Yoro Waterfall, Kiyotaki Kannon Waterfall, Yoshino Waterfall
Disciplines
Art and Design | Japanese Studies | Theory and Criticism
Recommended Citation
Department, Theory & History of Art & Design and Varshavskaya, Elena (H791 Instructor), "The Living Torrents: Hokusai's "Journey Around the Waterfalls of Various Provinces" (2014)" (2014). Ukiyo-e Prints Course | Exhibition Catalogs. 3.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/thad_studentwork_ukiyo-e_prints_exhibitioncatalogs/3