Ukiyo-e and Fashion in the Edo Period: Ukiyo-e
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Two Beauties, One Composing a Poem and the Other Studying Motifs (Parody of Priest Saigyo Viewing Mount Fuji), By Torii Kiyohiro, Edo period, 18th century (Important Art Object)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 10
January 29, 2013 (Tue) - February 24, 2013 (Sun)Ukiyo-e, or depictions of everyday life in the Edo period (1603-1868), initially developed in the early Edo period as paintings by artists. After this, woodblock printing developed to enable the mass production of ukiyo-e, and innovative carving and printing techniques led to the accomplishment of multicolored nishiki-e prints. This exhibition features a variety of prints on seasonal themes such as plum blossom and snow, with works ranging from early-stage sumizuri-e (black monochrome prints) and tan-e (prints colored with orange-red), beni-e (primitive polychrome prints), urushi-e (hand-colored prints with an appearance of black lacquer) and benizuri-e (polychrome prints), to the nishiki-e prints of Suzuki Harunobu.
Exhibit includes:
Two Beauties, One Composing a Poem and the Other Studying Symbols, By Torii Kiyohiro, Edo period, 18th century (Important Art Object)
Eight Views of the Living Room: Evening Snow on Silk-floss Stretcher, By Suzuki Harunobu, Edo period, 18th century
Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Highway: Nihonbashi, By Utagawa Hiroshige, Edo period, 19th century (Private collection)