Gallery Exhibitions
Multiple Masters: Modern Prints & Paintings
Aa gathering of early modern works by masterful artists who produced paintings and woodblock prints (and art of multiples). The exhibition explores the intertwined shin-hanga (lit. ‘new print’) and sosaku-hanga (lit. ‘creative print’) movements, both approaches seeking to revitalize Japanese printmaking in the modern era.
New York Asia Week, March 16–24, 2023
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Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints from the Shin Collection
An exhibition of ‘golden age’ figure prints of the late 18th century and magnificent 19th century landscapes.
New York Asia Week, March 16–24, 2023
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Hodaka Yoshida (1926-1995)
& Yoshida Family Abstracts
A special presentation of works by the 20th century print artist, Hodaka Yoshida (1926-1995), accompanied by a selection of complimentary abstract prints by members of his extraordinarily talented family including his wife, Chizuko Yoshida (1924-2017), his brother, Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995), and his mother, Fujio Yoshida (1887-1987).
Featured at the 2022 IFPDA Print Fair New York
October 27-30, 2022
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Fashion Forward: Edo Beauties of the Floating World
Inspired by the concurrent museum exhibitions, Dressed by Nature: Textiles of Japan at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Kimono Style: The John C. Weber Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, our September 2022 Asia Week show will explore the swagger and finesse of kimono styles from the 19th century as presented by woodblock print artists, who themselves could be considered the tastemakers and fashion editors of their time.
September 15 – 23, 2022, 11 am – 5 pm
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NOH: More Drama
Theatrical Subjects by Paul Binnie
An exhibition featuring paintings, drawings and prints of Japanese theatrical subjects by the artist Paul Binnie. During the almost six years he spent mastering woodblock carving and printing, his immersion in the culture brought him into contact with the milieu of the Japanese theater, which became a major theme of his work during his period of residency.
June 16 - July 15, 2022
Influencers: Japonisme and Modern Japan
An exploration of the influence of Japanese art on Western art and the development of modern international art modes such as art nouveau and art deco.
Asia Week, March 16–25, 2022
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1923 Before & After: Japanese Prints and the Great Kanto Earthquake
An exploration of the revitalization of woodblock printmaking in the early 20th century and how it evolved and changed after the devastation of the 1923 earthquake.
Asia Week, September 17–24, 2021
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On The Vanguard: Meiji Period Woodblock Prints
A two-part exhibition exploring how artists responded to the introduction of foreign elements as Japan opened up to the West in the Meiji Period (1868-1912). The artists on the vanguard lead the way by balancing society’s intermittent longing for ‘Old Japan’ while adapting, and even embracing, a changing world. Part One- Cultures Collide, offers a selection of prints either celebrating Western influence or resisting the march toward modernity by embracing nostalgia. Part Two–On the Front Lines, presents a group of prints issued in a burst of creative productivity when Japan entered the international theater of war in 1894-95 with China, and again in 1904-05 with Russia.
Asia Week, March 11-21
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Composing Beauty
An exhibition exploring the ways in which bijin (lit. 'beautiful person') are presented in ukiyo-e, focusing on the relationship with other 'composed' genres including poetry, music and dance.
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The Baron J. Bachofen von Echt Collection of Golden Age Ukiyo-e
A highly selective group of twenty-two figural woodblock prints produced during a period considered the highpoint of the genre, known as the 'golden age' of ukiyo-e, reaching its peak in the last decade of the 18th century.
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BRUSH – BLOCK – BAREN
Japanese Woodblock Printmaking
An exhibition exploring the process of Japanese-style woodblock printmaking.
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Into the Garden: Summer 2019
For our gallery exhibition during the steamy summer months we present a selection of prints and paintings featuring garden landscapes and nature subjects.
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Captive Artist: Watercolors by Kakunen Tsuruoka (1892-1977)
An exhibition featuring landscape paintings produced while the artist was confined to Poston Camp III, part of the Colorado River Relocation Center in Arizona and one of the ten camps to which Japanese-Americans were forcibly relocated during the Second World War.
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Fresh from the Bath
Our winter exhibition featuring a selection of woodblock prints illustrating the classic subject of beauties après le bain.
KIYOCHIKA: On the Threshold of Modern Times
An exhibition featuring a selection of woodblock prints by the influential Meiji-period (1868-1912) self-taught artist, Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915).
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MIRROR MIRROR: Reflecting Beauty in Japanese Prints and Paintings
An exhibition exploring representations of the mirror, both as a theme itself and as a visual metaphor for viewing other subjects in floating world imagery.
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Darkening Skies: The Tumultuous Times of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A continuation of our March 2017 single-artist exhibition on Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) drawing from a collection assembled over a period of nearly ten years and recently published in a full-color catalogue illustrating 180 woodblock prints, the September show will focus on the dynamic and tumultuous times in which Yoshitoshi lived as reflected in some of his more violent imagery.
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The Body Illustrated: Woodblock Prints, Paintings & Drawings by Paul Binnie
An exhibition inspired by the completion of Paul Binnie's beloved series A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo (Edo Zumi hyaku shoku) with a comprehensive exploration of the artist's nude and tattoo subjects in a variety of media.
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YOSHITOSHI
Featuring the woodblock prints of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), one of the last great ukiyo-e artists of the 19th century.
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Strike a Pose: Spectacular Imagery of the Kabuki Theater, Part I
This exhibition will display an array of imagery related to one of Japan's most distinctive, and yet possibly least understood, cultural exports: the kabuki theater.
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Strike a Pose: Spectacular Imagery of the Kabuki Theater, Part II
A 20th century supplement of nearly 40 additional prints including works by Natori Shunsen, Hasegawa Sadanobu III, and a comprehensive survey of kabuki prints by Paul Binnie produced early in his career while living in Japan and inspired by his work as an earphone guide at the Kabukiza in Tokyo.
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Summer 2016
For our gallery exhibition during the steamy summer months we present a cooling compilation of watery subjects found in paintings and woodblock prints.
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Ukiyo-e Tales: Stories from the Floating World
An exhibition of ukiyo-e focusing predominately on images of beauties and the layers of meaning and stories that are conveyed via subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) clues found in the compositions.
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An exhibition celebrating our 15th year in New York, as well as the 100th anniversary of the birth of shin-hanga, with a special presentation exploring the intertwining development of Japanese woodblock prints from the early to mid-20th century by artists who designed shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga.
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Kacho Fugetsu: Natural Beauty in Japanese Art
An exhibition devoted to images of nature.
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Dark & Stormy: Evocative Images for Uncertain Times
An exhibition primarily of landscape woodblock prints depicting nocturnal views.
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Erotic Art of Japan: Everybody's Doing It
An exhibition primarily of woodblock prints known as shunga (lit. 'spring pictures').
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Uncovered and Discovered: The Nude Figure in Modern Japanese Prints
This presentation is devoted to exploring the Japanese response to the classical Western idealization of the nude figure in a work of art.
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The Nightlife: Entertainments of the Floating World
An exhibition devoted to the art of evening amusements.
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RINPA: Classical Connections
An exhibition devoted to Rinpa (or Rimpa), a highly stylized genre of painting, calligraphy, and decorative arts (including ceramic and lacquer designs).
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Sacred Sutras and Profane Pledges
An exhibition devoted to the art of Japanese calligraphy.
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BLUE PRINT
An exhibition inspired simply by the color blue— a hue which actually played a pivotal role in the development of Japanese woodblock printmaking in the 19th century.
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MONOGATARI: Tales of Japan
An exhibition of paintings, woodblock prints and netsuke devoted to the art of story-telling.
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Scholten marks our 10th year in New York with a special exhibition which examines the intertwining development of Japanese woodblock prints from the early to mid-20th century by artists who designed shin-hanga (lit. 'new prints') and sosaku-hanga (lit. 'creative prints')
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Paul Binnie: Paintings to Prints and Back Again
An exhibition to commemorate a prestigious commission of a limited edition woodblock print by Paul Binnie for the Print Club of New York. The exhibition includes sketches, drawings watercolors and oil paintings related to woodblock print designs.
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Side by Side by Side: Ukiyo-e Triptychs
An exhibition of multi-panel woodblock prints dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Sacred Symbols in Profane Japan
An exhibition of paintings and religious objects of devotion which explores spiritual imagery in Japanese Art.
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HOKUSAI:
woodblock prints
An exhibition devoted to the woodblock prints of the master ukiyo-e landscape artist, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849).
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Nihonga Beauties
This exhibition is focused on the bijin (beautiful women) paintings of Nihonga artists in the first few decades of the 20th century.
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Netsuke and Inro
An exhibition of Netsuke and Inro in recognition of the long-awaited return of the International Netsuke Society's convention to New York City.
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Edo Rinpa: Master Painters of the Eastern Capital
This exhibition is focused on the paintings of Rinpa artists active in the city of Edo during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Echoes of Japan: the Woodblock Prints of Paul Binnie
An exhibition of prints by Paul Binnie, a Scotsman living in London, who has over the past 15 years become one the most important artists working in the Japanese tradition of woodblock printmaking.
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Paintings by Shin Hanga Artists
An exhibition focusing on paintings from the early to mid-20th century by artists who designed shin-hanga or "new prints".
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To Use, To Enjoy
This exhibition features a selection of approximately ten objects that were made for ordinary utilitarian purposes, but through the prism of time, have come to be appreciated for their extraordinary age, rarity, and inherent beauty.
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Chato: Ceramic Teaware
This exhibition is focused on the ceramics used for tea ceremony from Momoyama Period (1568-1615) and Edo Period (1615-1868).
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Munakata & His Circle
The work of Shiko Munakata (1903-1975) with the work of his friends in the Mingei movement, including Yanagi Soetsu, Hamada Shoji, Kawai Kanjiro, and Serizawa Keisuke.
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Japanese Ceramics: Blue & White
New York Asia Week, September 15 – 27, 2006
Ryo Iida Asian Art and Scholten Japanese Art are pleased to present their fourth exhibition together: Japanese Ceramics: Blue & White, featuring a selection of approximately 50 examples rendered in the blue & white palette. The show focuses on porcelain produced for the Japanese domestic market from the mid-17th century to highly polished pieces of the late 19th century Meiji Period.
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Kaiseki: Stone on the Stomach, Feast for the Eye
March 28 - April 8, 2006
Ryo Iida Asian Art and Scholten Japanese Art are pleased to present their third exhibition together: Kaiseki: Stone on the Stomach, Feast for the Eye, featuring a selection of over 20 ceramic vessels that were made and actually utilized to serve meals and drinks during a kaiseki meal.
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Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959): From the Kitchen to the Kiln
September 19 - 30, 2005
Kitaoji Rosanjin is respected as a multi-talented artistic genius of the 20th century, the self-proclaimed 'greatest master' expressed himself in several media including calligraphy, engraving, painting, lacquer and perhaps most famously, ceramics. The show includes over 20 ceramics pieces together with one woodblock printed self-portrait.
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Suiboku: Water & Sumi Ink
March 26 - April 3, 2005
Ryo Iida Asian Art and Scholten Japanese Art are very pleased to be offering an exhibition of Japanese ink paintings during New York's March- April 2005 Asia Week. This small but select exhibition includes five suiboku (monochrome) paintings: one painting by Kano Motonobu and four paintings of the Sotatsu school. In addition to the group of ink paintings, the exhibition will include a selection of lacquer and ceramic objects to complement the studied mood of the show, including an 18th century lacquer ink stone box (suzuribako) with a decoration of a rooster under a crescent moon.
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Highlights from Scholten Japanese Art
March 15 - Apri1 2, 2003
This spring, Scholten Japanese Art proudly presents Highlights from Scholten Japanese Art, a collection of Japanese works of art, including folding screens, paintings, woodblock prints, lacquer, netsuke and inro. The works selected for this exhibition reflect some of the finest objects from our collection.
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Art of the Samurai
Oct 15 - Dec 6, 2002
This fall, Scholten Japanese Art proudly presents a collection of Japanese armor, helmets, clothing, sword guards (tsuba), and other fine works of art relating to the samurai. As collections of Japanese armor and art of the samurai are rarely seen outside of museums, this exhibition will surely arouse the historian in all of us.
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Autumn Leaves: Japanese Works of Art
September 14 - October 1, 2002
In conjunction with New York's September 2002 Asia Week, Scholten Japanese Art is proud to present Autumn Leaves: Japanese Works of Art. Inspired by the Japanese love of nature and appreciation of seasonal changes, the exhibition will display paintings, lacquer, screens, woodblock prints, netsuke, and kimono-all suggesting autumnal images.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream: Courtesans, Heroes and Waterfalls
June 5 - August 15, 2002
Take a stroll with Utamaro's exquisite beauties, come face-to-face with Kuniyoshi's Suikoden warriors and make a pilgrimage to Hokusai's magnificent waterfalls. Join us for a comprehensive selection of Japanese woodblock prints spanning three centuries and fifteen artists: from ukiyo-e's earliest pioneers, Suzuki Harunobu (ca. 1724-70) and Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815), to the premier shin-hanga artists, Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) and Ito Shinsui (1898-1972).
Modern Landscapes Modern Beauties: The Woodblock Prints of Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
March 20th - April 20th, 2002
In conjunction with New York's March 2002 Asia Week, Scholten Japanese Art launches an exhibition of the modern print artist Ito Shinsui entitled Modern Landscapes, Modern Beauties: The Woodblock Prints of Ito Shinsui (1898-1972). This comprehensive show spans the entire career of this quintessential shin-hanga (lit. 'new prints') artist, who achieved great success in the United States during his own lifetime as the result of two landmark exhibitions dedicated to shin-hanga artists held in 1930 and 1936.
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International Asian Art Fair
March 22 to March 26, 2002
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Damrosch Park
West 62nd Street, New York City
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Sex in the City: Japanese Erotic Prints
November 3, 2001 - February 15, 2002
Scholten Japanese Art presents a collection of shunga (lit. spring pictures), otherwise known as erotic prints. This show runs in conjunction with the new publication from Hotei Publishing, Japanese erotic prints: shunga by Harunobu and Koryusai, written by Scholten Japanese Art's Netherlands Representative, Inge Klompmakers. Many of the prints featured in this book will be on view as part of this exhibition, as well as works by additional artists.
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Expressions of Style: Netsuke as Art
September 20 - October 20, 2001
This fall Scholten Japanese Art will be holding an exhibition of important Japanese netsuke from private collections. Not only will this be the first major exhibition of this art form to ever be held in a New York gallery, it will also be the first major selling exhibition ever to be held within the continental U.S. A fully illustrated color catalogue of over 200 netsuke is available to accompany the exhibition.
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Natsu: A Japanese Summer
June 1 to August 15, 2001
Scholten Japanese Art moves into summer with a timely exhibition entitled Natsu: A Japanese Summer. Just as all four seasons are very important in Japan, each resonating with its own special traditions and iconography, summer (or in Japanese natsu) is typically meaningful.
Scholten Japanese Art invites you to view a collection of works that depict the summer season through either representation of typical clothing or activities, or by association through the relatively cooling aspects of fans or water. Perhaps just the sight of a lovely young woman in summer kimono depicted in a ukiyo-e print will provide a similar antidote to the New York summer.
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Delicate Divide: The Art of the Japanese Screen
March 21, 2001 to April 21, 2001
The exhibition is inspired by the byobu, or the folding screen which is implied as an "enclosure" or a "protection against" (byo) the wind (bu). The exquisitely painted Japanese screen was an integral element of Japanese architecture and played a central part in Japanese life.
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The Beauty and Her Realm
December 1, 2000 to February 28, 2001
This exhibition is inspired by a complete collection of woodblock prints by Keisai Eisen depicting the bijin or Japanese beauty. The accompanying works of art are associated with the daily life of the Japanese beauty; such as hair ornaments, tebako (lacquer cosmetic box), fumibako (letter box), and an elaborate lacquer bento (lunch) box.
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Scholten's Inaugural Exhibition
The opening exhibition was celebrated on September 20th with a gala reception with over 400 collectors, scholars, and dealers of Asian art in attendance.
The works of art selected for the opening exhibition represent some of the finest artists, schools, and genres of Japanese art. The 90 objects on display included: 36 netsuke, 20 inro, 12 lacquer boxes including a spectacular writing box and table set; 19 woodblock prints; as well as a select group of paintings largely reflecting the Edo period (1603-1868).
