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February 5 (Sun.) 2023
Free
Ieyasu and Tokaido
~How It was Depicted by Hiroshige~
January 24 (Tue.) ~ April 2 (Sun.) 2023
- Part 1:
- January 24 (Tue.) ~ February 26 (Sun.)
- Part 2:
- February 28 (Tue.) ~ April 2 (Sun.)
*All art pieces are replaced once a session is over.
Tokugawa Ieyasu gained power with the victory in the Battle of Sekigahara, and in order to keep this power, the first thing he worked on was the maintenance of the “Tokaido Road” that connects his castle in Edo with Kyoto/Osaka. Each post-town was enacted by Ieyasu and as the roads developed, travelers increased, which resulted in a travel boom in the late Edo era. During the travel boom, the “Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido” Ukiyo-e series including Utagawa Hiroshige’s “Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido” (Hoeido Edition) was born. This exhibition will introduce Ieyasu’s footsteps that remain in the “Tokaido Road” with particular focus on the series pieces of Hiroshige’s “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido”.
- Organizer:
- Shizuoka City
Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art - Designated Manager:
- NPO Hexaproject
- Cooperation:
- Seikenji Temple, Shizuoka Prefecture Central Library, Rinkoji Temple, Toyotsumi-jinja Shrine, Yamadaichi Co., Ltd., Kunozan Toshogu Shrine, Shizuoka Sengen Shrine
- Sponsorship:
- NHK Shizuoka
Exhibition Works
[Part1 Exhibit] “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido” 55 pieces
Published during 1841 and 1843 - this is a series of work called “Gyosho Tokaido” as the title is written in semi-cursive script (Gyosho script).
Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
“Okazaki: Yahagi Bridge”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
“Yoshida: Toyo River and Yoshida Bridge”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
[Part2 Exhibit] “Tokaido Road” 55 pieces
Published during 1849 and 1852 - this is a series of work called “Reisho Tokaido” as the title is written in Clerical script (Reisho script).
Tokaido Road
“Nihonbashi”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Tokaido Road
“Kuwana: Ferryboat at Shichiri Crossing”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Ieyasu’s Footsteps that Remain in Shizuoka
Including the years that Ieyasu was a hostage of the Imagawa, Ieyasu spent 1/3 of his life in Shizuoka; therefore, there are many historical sites related to Ieyasu in the area. This exhibition will introduce documents related to Ieyasu that remain in temples and shrines of Shizuoka along with his footsteps.
Taiso Yoshitoshi (Tsukioka Yoshitoshi)
Mirror of wisdom and humanity of heroes of Japan
“Tokugawa Ieyasu”
Collection of Shizuoka Prefecture Central Library
