An exhibition of prints by 20 Japanese and 20 Irish-based artists consisting of a sumptuous array of visual interpretations of Kwaidan, the well-known book of ghost stories published in 1904 by Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo. Image: Kate MacDonagh, Ghostly Shades, 42x34cm, Mokuhanga
Artists from Ireland:
Yoko Akino / Ailbhe Barrett / Nuala Clarke / Niamh Flanagan / Richard Gorman / Richard Lawlor / Stephen Lawlor / Sharon Lee / Kate MacDonagh / Alice Maher / Eimearjean McCormack / James McCreary / Ed Miliano / Niall Naessens / Kelvin Mann / David Quinn / Barbara Rae / Robert Russell / Amelia Stein / Dominic Turner
Artists from Japan:
Kanami Hano / Yoko Hara / Jin Hirosawa / Aya Ito / O Jun / Mayumi Kimura / Chie Matsui / Seiichiro Miida / Yuuka Miyajima / Shoji Miyamoto / Junko Ogawa / Shoko Osugi / Yuki Saito / Michael Schneider / Sudi / Azusa Takahashi / Yo Takahashi / Kanako Watanabe / Toshiya Watanabe / Katsutoshi Yuasa
The exhibition begins its Irish leg of exhibitions at The Ballinglen Museum of Art and then travels to The Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens & Coastguard Cultural Centre Tramore, Co Waterford, The Hyde Bridge Gallery, Yeats Building Sligo, The Hunt Museum Limerick, finishing at Farmleigh House & Estate Art Gallery, Dublin. It then resumes its Japanese exhibition schedule.
