Fashion and the Floating World in Japanese Ukiyo-E Prints

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The vivid woodblock prints of the late 18th and 19th centuries were integral to Japan's dynamic fashion culture.
Drawing from the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection, curators Anna Jackson and Masami Yamada will explore how these ukiyo-e, "pictures of the floating world", served as compelling advertisements for kimono merchants, textile workshops, cosmetics brands, theatre promoters, and brothel operators.
These prints also inspired individuals seeking to emulate the fashionable actors, courtesans, geisha, and other trendsetters they portrayed.

Anna Jackson is Keeper of the Asia Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
In December Protected content , Anna was awarded the Foreign Minister’s Commendation by the Japanese Government for her contribution to the promotion of Japanese art and culture in Britain.

Masami Yamada is Curator of Japanese Art in the Asia Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum where she has responsibility for the museum’s renowned collections of woodblock prints, netsuke, lacquerware and contemporary crafts.
She has contributed to various publications, including Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk Protected content The Art of the Illustrated Book Protected content .

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