BEHIND THE KIMONO SLEEVE: UKIYO-E COLLECTION AT FLINDERS UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART - TAASA Review December 2020

BEHIND THE KIMONO SLEEVE: UKIYO-E COLLECTION AT FLINDERS UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART – TAASA Review December 2020

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This article was originally found in the December 2020 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 20).

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Madeline Reece D uring the Edo period (1603-1868), a peaceful and prosperous time for Japan, a strong print culture was active creating woodblock prints known as ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world).

This was an art for common people' as Japan continued to operate under a feudal system of class in which the aristocracy took little interest incrude’ representations of everyday life (Amsden and von Seidlitz 2007).

Popular ukiyo-e was used to promote the latest fashions for both men and women and as a marketing tool for brothels, kabuki theatres and teahouses (Screech 2005)...