Ukiyo-e and Fashion in the Edo Period: Ukiyo-e
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Women at Various Hours of the Day: Hour of the Horse (Twelve o'clock), By Kitagawa Utamaro, Edo period, 18th century (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 10
May 21, 2013 (Tue) - June 23, 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. Starting with genre paintings by Iwasa Matabei, who is sometimes called a forerunner to ukiyo-e, this exhibition focuses on works with seasonal themes of early summer and follows the development of ukiyo-e through prints by famous artists such as Suzuki Harunobu, Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai and Keisai Eisen.
Exhibit includes:
Mitate (Parody) of Ono no Tofu (Famous calligrapher of the Heian period), By Suzuki Harunobu, Edo period, 18th century
Sundial of Young Women: Hour of the Horse (Twelve o'clock p.m.), By Kitagawa Utamaro, Edo period, 18th century (Important Cultural Property)
One Hundred Poems Explained by a Nurse: Bunya no Asayasu, By Katsushika Hokusai, Edo period, 19th century