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“Celebrating Our First Birthday: Happy Hokusai – Good Fortune from A to Z”
The Sumida Hokusai Museum
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Hokusai Katsushika
In Hokusai’s day, it was customary to welcome the gods at New Year’s and other turning points in the year, to give thanks and to pray for good health, tranquility, and bountiful harvests. Edo-period people with literary inclinations enjoyed privately commissioning prints, known as surimono to distinguish them from commercially published prints, and giving them to each other. Hokusai and his pupils produced a great number of surimono with the gods and other auspicious icons as well as scenes of New Year’s customs as their subjects. Their work on lucky themes was used in warm-hearted interactions between friends and family members, displayed in homes to bring in good luck, and given as New Year’s gifts to express hopes for the recipients’ good fortune. In that spirit, we are displaying these luck-bringing works by Hokusai and his school with gratitude to all who have supported our museum since its opening, who have come to our exhibitions, and who will continue to cheer on our efforts.
Schedule | Nov 21 (Tue) 2017-Jan 21 (Sun) 2018 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1000, University and High School Students and Seniors Over 65 ¥700, Junior High School Students ¥300 | ||||||
| Website | http://hokusai-museum.jp/modules/Exhibition/exhibitions/next?lang=en | ||||||
| Venue | The Sumida Hokusai Museum https://hokusai-museum.jp/?lang=en | ||||||
| Location | 2-7-2 Kamezawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0014 | ||||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit A3 at Ryogoku Station on the Toei Oedo line, 9 minute walk from the East exit of Ryogoku Station on the JR Sobu line. | ||||||
| Phone | 03-6658-8936 | ||||||
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