Research project
The exhibition is based on an extensive research project carried out in collaboration with international partners to catalogue the historical Japan collection.
Japan on Paper in Dresden. Utamaro, Hokusai, Hiroshige and the Graphic Arts of Modernism
Daily life and legends, grace and wit, imagination and observation of nature – Japanese woodblock prints capture life from every angle. Utamaro designed beauties in delicate lines; Hokusai recorded everyday scenes with piercing clarity; Hiroshige created landscapes using innovative colour schemes and perspectives. Each work was the product of a collaboration between artists, woodcarvers, printers and publishers. Depending on the print run and the client, these woodcuts could either become prized collector's objects or affordable prints for the general public.
- Exhibition Site Residenzschloss
- Dates 26/06/2026—20/09/2026
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Opening Hours
daily
10—17, Tuesday closed
- Admission Fees normal 6 €, reduced 4,50 €, pupils (under 20 years) 2 €, children up to school age free, groups (10 persons and more) 5,50 €
Japan auf Papier in Dresden.
For almost 300 years, the Kupferstich-Kabinett has assembled one of Germany's most significant – and yet least known – collections of Japanese art on paper. In collaboration with research partners from Japan and Switzerland, its history has been documented, and the works have been digitised and restored. The
exhibition presents a selection from this collection of over 10,000 objects, many displayed publicly for the first time.
The Japanese works are juxtaposed with those of international artists – among them Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edvard Munch, James McNeill Whistler, and
Mary Cassatt – who drew inspiration from Japanese art: experimenting with graphic techniques, discovering the expressive power of reduction, and exploring radical approaches to pictorial composition. It is a dialogue that shows just how profoundly Japanese graphic art has had a lasting impact on modern art
and continues to influence it to this day.
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Partners
Prof. em. Dr. Hans Bjarne Thomsen, Zürich
Prof. Dr. Ryo Akama, Ritsumeikan Universität, Kyoto
Dr. Masaki Utsunomiya, Director Shubi Co., Ltd., Kyoto
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