Ernestine and Herbert Ruben Study Center for Works on Paper Space is limited and registration is required. Please email umma-programregistration@umich.edu.
This workshop requires a reading fluency of Japanese and a basic knowledge of Kabuki theater and the cultural history of the late Edo period.Exhibition co-curators Natsu Oyobe and Mariko Okada will lead an in-depth exploration of Kabuki prints in conjunction with the UMMA exhibition Japanese Prints of Kabuki Theater from the Collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Art. This workshop is designed for a general audience. Participants will become familiar with Kabuki prints and theater, as well as the popular culture and society of the late Edo period.Kabuki prints are filled with information on the popular culture and human experience of the late Edo Period. Kabuki attracted enormous attention and developed a huge following in the late Edo Period—a phenomenon comparable to contemporary movie and television
stars. The prints’ enormous popularity contributed to advances in print technology,
facilitating an unprecedented speed of production and a sophisticated system of
distribution and circulation. This workshop requires a reading fluency of Japanese and a basic knowledge of Kabuki theater and the cultural history of the late Edo period.