Ukiyo-e and Fashion in the Edo Period: Ukiyo-e
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 10
April 19, 2011 (Tue) - May 22, 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:
Beauty Looking Back, By Hishikawa Moronobu, Edo period, 17th century
Yamanba and Kintaro: Wine Cup, By Kitagawa Utamaro, Edo period, 18th century (Important Art Object)
Kamakura no Gongoro Kagemasa and Torinoumi no Yasaburo Yasunori, By Katsushika Hokusai, Edo period, 19th century
Courtesan and Swallows, By Katsukawa Shunsho, Edo period, 18th century