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Japan supernatural
2 Nov 2019 - 8 Mar 2020
Woodblock prints
A brief introduction to the woodblock printing process
Utagawa Kunimune II, 'Kuzunoha: writing a farewell poem to her child’, c1830
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 'The courtesan Ohyaku (Dakki no Ohyaku) and a ghost’, 1866
Netsuke
Usually carved from wood, horn or ivory, these little sculptures were objects of fashion and could take any form