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Osaka Ukiyoe Museum opened in the Shinsaibashisuji Shopping Arcade in Osaka in July 2019. At the museum, you can take a close look at the ukiyo-e woodblock prints that Japan boasts to the world.
The ukiyo-e is said to have originated in the form of portraying the common people’s lives in Kyoto in the second half of the 16th century, and was in fashion and spread as popular culture in Edo (now Tokyo) in the 18th century. The museum displays many ukiyo-e woodblock prints by four great masters including Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige, Kitagawa Utamaro, and Toshusai Sharaku as well as ukiyo-e prints related to Osaka and Kyoto. Please enjoy the “now” of the Edo period, elaborately created by ukiyo-e artists and “nameless carvers and printers”.

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