Ukiyo-e and Fashion in the Edo Period Ukiyo-e
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 10
January 12, 2011 (Wed) - February 13, 2011 (Sun)This gallery shows individualistic and manifold works of the ukiyo-e artists, ranging from depictions of pleasure quarters, kabuki plays, traditional bird and flower motifs and narrative pictures, to landscapes.
Exhibit includes:
100 Famous Views of Edo: View from the Top of Onnazaka Slope at Yushima in the Snow, By Utagawa Hiroshige, Edo period, dated 1856
Arhat, By Katsushika Hokusai, Edo period, 19th century
Beauty in Kotatsu, By Utagawa Toyokuni, Edo period, 19th century