Category: Japan

a samurai sitting outside a country house. He looks downhearted and wears a worried frown with one hand tucked up inside of his sleeve. His mino (straw overcoat) and kasa (straw hat) are covered in snow

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Art of the Samurai

Many of our visitors to Cliffe Castle earlier this year enjoyed the exhibition of artwork inspired by or depicting Samurai that we had on display in the Bracewell Smith Hall.

Although the artworks are now safely back in storage, we wanted to be able to share them with you still, so Dale Keeton, our talented conservator, who made it all look spectacular and Ernest, our wonderful volunteer have written this blog to provide some additional insights.

5 August 2024 No Comments

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Japanese Woodblock Prints

Alice Humphrey is one of our Assistant Curators, who agreed to write a blog for us based on a set of items that caught her eye!

She writes:

I started working at Bradford Museums and Gallery at the end of last year and was delighted to find that they have a collection of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), since I have a particular interest in Japanese costume.

2 May 2016 No Comments

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Heather Millard
August 5, 2024

Art of the Samurai

Many of our visitors to Cliffe Castle earlier this year enjoyed the exhibition of artwork inspired by or depicting Samurai that we had on display in the Bracewell Smith Hall. Although the artworks are now safely back in storage, we wanted to be able to share them with you still, so Dale Keeton, our talented conservator, who made it all look spectacular and Ernest, our wonderful volunteer have written this blog to provide some additional insights.