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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Benkei in the play Kanjincho, 1890, oban tate-e triptych 14 3/8 by 29 in., 36.6 by 73.7 cm
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, Ichikawa Danjuro IX as Benkei in the play Kanjincho, 1890, oban tate-e triptych 14 3/8 by 29 in., 36.6 by 73.7 cm

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1847-1915, Hunter with Eagle Diptych, ca. 1880, oban tate-e diptych 14 1/8 by 19 3/8 in., 36 by 49.3 cm
Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1847-1915, Hunter with Eagle Diptych, ca. 1880, oban tate-e diptych 14 1/8 by 19 3/8 in., 36 by 49.3 cm

Yasuda Hanpo, 1889-1947, Illustration of the Eighth Attack on Port Arthur: The Flagship of Russia Was Destroyed by the Torpedo of Our Navy and Admiral Makarov Drowned, 1904, oban tate-e vertical triptych 27 3/4 by 14 in., 70.4 by 35.7 cm
Yasuda Hanpo, 1889-1947, Illustration of the Eighth Attack on Port Arthur: The Flagship of Russia Was Destroyed by the Torpedo of Our Navy and Admiral Makarov Drowned, 1904, oban tate-e vertical triptych 27 3/4 by 14 in., 70.4 by 35.7 cm
On The Vanguard: Meiji Period Woodblock Prints
Scholten is a private gallery specializing in Japanese woodblock prints and paintings located just steps from Central Park South. We offer ukiyo-e from the 18th to 20th centuries, including shin hanga, sosaku hanga, and Japanese-style woodblock prints produced by Western artists.
Scholten Japanese Art’s exhibition, On The Vanguard: Meiji Period Woodblock Prints, focuses on a dynamic period in the late 19th and early 20th century as Japan transformed from a feudal society based on samurai culture into a modern nation. The prints in this show explore how artists recorded and responded to the introduction of foreign elements, at times resisting the march toward modernity by embracing nostalgia. Ultimately, the artists who prevailed were those that were on the vanguard—leading the way—by balancing society’s intermittent longing for ‘Old Japan’ while adapting, and even embracing, a changing world.