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"Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige - Glory of Utagawa school in the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate" Exhibition
Ota Memorial Museum of Art
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Utagawa Kunisada (1786～1864) is a popular ukiyo-e artist who drew many bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) and yakusha-e (portraits of actors). Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 ～1861) is kown as a person of exceptional talent, and famous for musha-e (warrior pictures) and giga (humourous pictures) with wit. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797～1858) depicted a lot of sceneries of Edo （Former name of Tokyo） as a great master of landscape. These three artists are widely known as representative ukiyo-e artists. Moreover, as their names show, they were artists who belonged to Utagawa school which prospered in ukiyo-e from the later to the end of Edo period.
Kunisada, Kuniyoshi and Hiroshige, the theme of this exhibition, were followers of the group as the first pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni and Toyohiro, and they are so-called "the third generation of the Ukiyo-e artist." Though Kunisada was older than the other two, these three artists lived almost the same generation and competed with each other in Utagawa school, and became the leading Ukiyo-e artists. Each of them had their own pupils and created the Golden Age of the Utagawa school in the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
In this exhibition, we will show 170 pieces of Ukiyo-e through the 1st and 2nd terms. We would like to show you how these three artists came through as artists, and how Utagawa school developed in changing period and in these surroundings. We will be happy if you can feel the atmosphere of the glory of Utagawa school and the period in the last term of the Tokugawa Shogunate through many pieces of nishiki-e (brocade pictures).
First half: October 1st (Wed) - 26th (Sun)
Second half: November 1st (Sat) - 26th (Wed)
Kunisada, Kuniyoshi and Hiroshige, the theme of this exhibition, were followers of the group as the first pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni and Toyohiro, and they are so-called "the third generation of the Ukiyo-e artist." Though Kunisada was older than the other two, these three artists lived almost the same generation and competed with each other in Utagawa school, and became the leading Ukiyo-e artists. Each of them had their own pupils and created the Golden Age of the Utagawa school in the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
In this exhibition, we will show 170 pieces of Ukiyo-e through the 1st and 2nd terms. We would like to show you how these three artists came through as artists, and how Utagawa school developed in changing period and in these surroundings. We will be happy if you can feel the atmosphere of the glory of Utagawa school and the period in the last term of the Tokugawa Shogunate through many pieces of nishiki-e (brocade pictures).
First half: October 1st (Wed) - 26th (Sun)
Second half: November 1st (Sat) - 26th (Wed)
Schedule | Oct 1 (Wed) 2008-Nov 26 (Wed) 2008 Opening Hours Information
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| Website | http://www.ukiyoe-ota-muse.jp/H20101Kunisada-E.html | ||||||
| Venue | Ota Memorial Museum of Art http://www.ukiyoe-ota-muse.jp/eng | ||||||
| Location | 1-10-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 | ||||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from exit 5 at Meijijingu-mae Station on the Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines, 3 minute walk from the Omotesando exit of Harajuku Station on the JR Yamanote line. | ||||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||||
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