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August 27 (Sun.)2023
Free
Enjoying Famous Sights and Specialties with Hiroshige
Second Exhibition: Comic Tokaido!
August 15 (Tue.) ~ November 12 (Sun.) 2023
- Part 1:
- August 15 (Tue.) ~ September 10 (Sun.) “Tsutaya Edition”
- Part 2:
- September 12 (Tue.) ~ October 15 (Sun.) “Hoeido Edition”
- Part 3:
- October 17 (Tue.) ~ November 12 (Sun.) “The Vertical Tokaido”
*All art pieces are replaced once a session is over.
A variety of specialties and famous sights that are unique to each post-town appears within Utagawa Hiroshige’s “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road” that depicts scenery from the Nihonbashi of Edo to the Great Bridge at Sanjo of Kyoto. This exhibition will feature Hiroshige’s Tokaido series in separate sessions including Part 1 with “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido” (Tsutaya Edition), Part 2 with “Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road” (Hoeido Edition), and Part 3 with “Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations” (The Vertical Tokaido). Each “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road” will be introduced along with the specialties and famous sights that appear within the series.
- Organizer:
- Shizuoka City
Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art - Designated Manager:
- NPO Hexaproject
Exhibition Works
[Part1 Exhibit]
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
“Hara”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
[Part2 Exhibit]
Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
“Mariko: The Famous Teahouse”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
[Part3 Exhibit]
Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations
“Kanagawa: View over the Sea from the Teahouses on the Embankment”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Second Exhibition
Comic Tokaido!
The second exhibition held in the exhibition room will feature “Comic Tokaido” that focuses on “Comic Scroll Paintings of The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido” created by comic artists of the Taisho era, as well as Ukiyo-e and other artwork by Hiroshige that used concepts from the Kokkeibon (humorous book), “Shank’s Mare”.
Comic Scroll Paintings of The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
“Nihonbashi” Draw by Okamoto Ippei
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Shank’s Mare
“Kikugawa Slope”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
