Japanese Colour-Prints and Their Designers

An illustrated lecture and catalogue examines the history, aesthetics, and makers of Japanese colour prints, tracing their roots to ancient Chinese painting and the adaptation of classical conventions by Japanese schools. It surveys social and economic changes that fostered a popular print culture, outlines technical and stylistic developments within the ukiyo-e tradition, and profiles leading designers and representative sheets. The text pairs critical discussion of principles and visual analysis with a descriptive catalogue of loaned colour-prints and reproductions to guide readers through the genre's major themes, artists, and characteristic subjects.