March 18th – June 7th, 2026
Cascadia Art Museum presents Influences: Japanese Prints and Northwest Art, exploring the influences and interconnections between Japanese prints and early twentieth century Northwest art in painting, photography and printmaking.Regional artists adapted the multi-block collaborative method of color printmaking (Ukiyo-e) with the assistance of Japanese artist Yamagishi Kazue (1883–1966), who visited Seattle in 1928 to give classes to local artists. The Sōsaku-hanga movement, stressing individual expression, included techniques that paralleled European Modernism. In the early 20th century, Seattle’s growing community of artists flourished exploring the intersection of these movements.
Featured Northwest artists include Waldo S. Chase (1895-1988), W. Corwin Chase (1897-1988), R. Bruce Inverarity (1909-1999), Elizabeth Colborne (1885-1948) and Ruth Penington (1905-1998). Japanese artists include Hiroshige (1797-1858), Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), and rare works by Kōshirō Onchi (1891-1955), father of the Sōsaku-hanga movement.
Image Credits:
- George Zell Heuston (1855–1939). Untitled, not dated. Color woodblock print. Cascadia Art Museum, Gift of Slava White and Family, 2024.8.6
- Hiroshige Andō (1797-1858), No.1 Nihonbashi: View of Dawn Clouds from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (GojūSanTsugi-MeishoZu’e), c. 1855 (late 20th century printing). Color woodblock print. Collection of Lindsey and Carolyn Echelbarger.