Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 10
November 15, 2011 (Tue) - December 11, 2011 (Sun)
In Japan, December is traditionally characterized as the season for Chushingura (The Story of Forty-seven Loyal Retainers). The real-life events concerning the retainers from Ako who avenged their lord was well known by the people of Edo (present-day Tokyo) through the kabuki play, Kanadehon Chushingura. This exhibition features ukiyo-e prints on the theme of this play, in particular Utagawa Hiroshige’s twelve-print series, Chushingura, published by Aritaya. Also on display are screen paintings with images from in and around Kyoto, which are considered the precursors of ukiyo-e, as well as paintings by Katsushika Hokusai.
Exhibit includes:
Chushingura (Story of Forty-seven Loyal Retainers): After the Night Attack, By Utagawa Hiroshige, Edo period, 19th century
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaido Highway: Oi, By Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Edo period, 19th century
Man and Woman Reading by Kotatsu Heater, By Isoda Koryusai, Edo priod, 18th century