Three Beauties of Edo: Tomimoto Toyohina, Naniwaya Okita, Takashima Ohisa (detail), By Kitagawa Utamaro, Edo period, 18th century
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 10
July 31, 2018 (Tue) - August 26, 2018 (Sun)
The genre of Japanese art called ukiyo-e portrays the common people of the Edo period (1603–1868) as well as their interests and leisure activities. Early ukiyo-e was all painted by hand. Later, ukiyo-e prints began to be mass-produced using woodblocks, while subsequent advances in woodblock carving and printing led to the creation of multicolor prints called nishiki-e, or “brocade pictures,” so called because of their vibrant combinations of pigments. The current exhibition features prints that were meant to be cut out and pasted onto fans by the artists Hokusai, Kunisada, Kuniyoshi, and Hirosige, as well as works portraying beauties with fans.
Current exhibit includes:
Unusual Views of Outstanding Sights: Kiso Surihari Pass, By Katsushika Hokusai, Edo period, 19th century
Three Beauties of Edo: Tomimoto Toyohina, Naniwaya Okita, Takashima Ohisa, By Kitagawa Utamaro, Edo period, 18th century