Seditious Beauty - Can art change history?

A short talk by Dave trying to explain the impact of traditional Japanese ukiyo-e prints on the society of the day. Illustrated with a selection of prints from his own collection. 00:00 Introduction 01:36 The Talk 11:33 The Prints Notes about the 14 prints featured in the video (in order of appearance): 1) Lovers in an Autumn Field Designed: Hishikawa Moronobu, approx 1680s This print: 20th century reproduction by Adachi 2) Kaigetsudo genre print Designed: unknown, 'in the style of' the original Kaigetsudo images This print: Taisho era version (approx 1910~) 3) Shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami (A New Mirror Comparing the Calligraphy of Beauties) Designed: Kitao Masanobu, 1784 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... This print: Taisho era version (1916) 4) Ohisa of the Takashima-ya Designed: Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792 https://artsandculture.google.com/ass... This print: Showa era reproduction (mid 1980s) 5) Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages) - Kouka era Designed: Toyohara Chikanobu, 1896 https://ukiyo-e.org/image/metro/KA470... This print: original from 1896 6) Ichikawa Danjuro Designed: Kiyonobu, early 1700s This print: Dave's reproduction (in the Mokuhankan catalogue) 7) Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo (left), and Nakamura Sukegoro II as Matano no Goro (right), in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata Designed: Katsukawa Shunsho, 1770 This print: early 20th century reproduction by Takamizawa 8) Bando Mitsugorô II as Ishii Genzô Sharaku: 1794 This print: Taisho era version (1915 or so ...) 9) Sagi Musume (Heron Maiden) Designed: Suzuki Harunobu, 1760 http://enmokudb.kabuki.ne.jp/repertoi... This print: Taisho era version (approx 1910~) 10) Wrestlers Contemplating the Child Wonder Daidozan Bungoro (leftmost panel of three) Designed: Sharaku 1794 This print: early 20th century reproduction by Takamizawa 11) Nihonbashi, from the '53 Stations of the Tokaido' Designed: Hiroshige, 1834~5 This print: Taisho reproduction set 12) Hara, from the '53 Stations of the Tokaido' Designed: Hiroshige, 1834~5 This print: Taisho reproduction set 13) Akasaka, from the '53 Stations of the Tokaido' Designed: Hiroshige, 1834~5 This print: Taisho reproduction set 14) Kanbara, from the '53 Stations of the Tokaido' Designed: Hiroshige, 1834~5 This print: Taisho reproduction set A text version of this talk is linked from here: http://www.woodblock.com/encyclopedia... *** Our website: https://mokuhankan.com The shop: https://mokuhankan.com/catalogue/thum... Twitch stream:   / japaneseprintmaking   Patreon:   / mokuhankan   Subscriptions: https://mokuhankan.com/subscriptions/