For those who can’t make it to Japan this summer, there is always Glen Ellyn. “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World,” a multimedia extravaganza inspired by the art of 18th- and 19th-century Japan, is ...

Next summer the College of DuPage’s Cleve Carney Museum of Art in Glen Ellyn will host “Hokusai and Ukiyo-e: The Floating World, Artworks from the Chiossone Collection,” a collection of renowned ...

"Today we think of ukiyo-e-"the pictures of the floating world"-as masterpieces of Japanese art, highly prized throughout the world. Yet it is often said that ukiyo-e were little appreciated in their ...

IN RECENT years, several major shows at museums on the Mall have offered tantalizing glimpses of the "floating world" of 18th- and 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints. Only scholars of Japanese ...

On Saturday, June 21, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and the McAninch Arts Center are celebrating this summer’s must-see exhibition, “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World, Artworks from the Chiossone ...

During the Edo period (1603-1868), the government of Japan ruled its people through a strictly enforced social hierarchy. Within this structure, most forms of self-expression were banned entirely or ...

"This sumptuous book explores the important role that woodblock prints played in the fashionable world of Edo-period Japan (1603-1868). 140 ukiyo-e - 'pictures of the floating world' offer us a vivid ...

Streaming platforms for Ukiyoe Floating World Images haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.