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Seductive Smiles— Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Painting from the Weston Collection
Ueno Royal Museum
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Shunsyo Katsukawa, Utamaro Kitagawa, Toyokuni Utagawa, Hokusai Katsushika, Kyosai Kawanabe et al.
Displaying a selection of 129 works from the Weston Collection: paintings by more than fifty artists, including Hishikawa Moronobu, Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai and Kawanabe Kyōsai. It provides a systematic introduction to the world of Ukiyo-e paintings from the early seventeenth through the late nineteenth century. Many are bijinga, paintings of beautiful women; the result is a bevy of women who have spared no expense on their clothing and hair styles. While enjoying the changes in fashions and in the facial types deemed beautiful, visitors can savor the delicacy and precision possible only in brush-drawn paintings: the hair, depicted in ultra fine strokes, the shading on the eyebrows and lips, the limbs visible through sheer garments.
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Curator talk
Dates: 11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15, 12/29 from 15:00 (20 min)
Free with admission ticket, reservations not required.
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Curator talk
Dates: 11/24, 12/1, 12/8, 12/15, 12/29 from 15:00 (20 min)
Free with admission ticket, reservations not required.
Schedule | Nov 20 (Fri) 2015-Jan 17 (Sun) 2016 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1500, University Students and High School Students ¥1200, Junior High School Students and Elementary School Students ¥500. | ||||
| Website | http://weston.exhn.jp/en/ | ||||
| Venue | Ueno Royal Museum | ||||
| Location | 1-2 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from the Koen exit of JR Ueno Station, 5 minute walk from exit 7 at Ueno Station on the Ginza and Hibiya lines, 5 minute walk from the Main exit of Keisei Ueno Station on the Keisei line. | ||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||
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