Woodblock Print Two Samurai fighting -The Battle of Komaki

A print by Chikanobu, The Battle of Komaki: Kato Kiyomasa and Honda Tadakatsu, 1899

Monogatari: The Art of Storytelling in Japanese Woodblock Prints

  •   28 January - 15 May 2022
  •   Monday - Friday 10am-5pm | Weekends and bank holidays 12-5pm
  •   Oriental Museum, Durham University, Elvet Hill, Durham DH1 3TH
  •   https://www.dur.ac.uk/oriental.museum/
  •   0191 334 5691
  •   oriental.museum@durham.ac.uk

A partnership with the National Museum of Japanese History, this exhibition will display parts of the J P Scott Collection of Japanese woodblock prints for the first time. The exhibition explores how Japanese prints were used to illustrate famous tales of samurai, travellers and heroes during the 18th and 19th centuries and how this style evolved to tell real life news stories of battles in the early 20th century.