Floating World: ‘ukiyo-e’ Japanese Prints Publisher / Bridge Street Press with artwork by Barkindji illustrator

with artwork by Barkindji illustrator David Hardy

Like many of the artists at the turn of the twentieth century who developed some version of abstract painting

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Floating World: ‘ukiyo-e’ Japanese Prints Publisher / Bridge Street Press with artwork by Barkindji illustratorCalouste Gulbenkian amassed a remarkable collection of Japanese art. This lesser known facet of the collectors activity was explored in the exhibition Floating world: ukiyo e Japanese prints, which presented a large number of Japanese prints produced between the 17th and 19th centuries that belong entirely to the Museums collection. The exhibition focused on the concept of ukiyo, which means floating world and refers to the fleeting pleasures of