Heritage & modernity: 'Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani' & Yoshida women printmakers at the Spencer Museum of Art
From a Western cultural standpoint, we often glorify traditional Japanese art as a luxury item. We might associate Nihonga (Japanese paintings) or Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock prints), with the décor in upscale tea houses or encounter them in museums.However, as with any art form, when the practitioners of the craft move through time, history, and geography, tihey carry their heritage with them through geopolitical and socio-economic changes. The artists introduce new subjects into traditional...
