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11/30/2024 – 04/13/2025
Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne
Tanaka Ryohei. Von Linie zu Landschaft
Japanese graphic artist Tanaka Ryōhei (1933-2019) created over 770 etchings during his life, finding his subjects predominantly in rural Japan. Tanaka’s detailed, almost hyper-realistic etchings show the gradually disappearing farmhouses with thatched roofs, barns, and houses. But his favoured motifs also included trees and rice fields, as well as temple roofs and gardens. Japan’s tradition in the making of prints dates back a long way. While woodblock prints from the 18th to early 20th century have been the focus of numerous exhibitions and publications, much less attention has been paid to prints and etchings from the post-war period.
With 170 works, Von Linie zu Landschaft is the first exhibition of Tanaka Ryōhei’s oeuvre in Germany.
Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Köln
Universitätsstraße 100
50674 Köln
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More on the book Von der Linie zur Landschaft can be found here.
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