Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets: Tatsumi Roko, By Kitagawa Utamaro, Edo period, 18th century
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 10
July 2, 2019 (Tue) - July 28, 2019 (Sun)
In the 17th century, painters started depicting the lives of commoners in a genre known as ukiyo-e. With the advent of new printing technology, these images began to be reproduced in high numbers, and ukiyo-e gradually spread to all layers of society. The addition of colorists to the publishers’ craftsmen also led to the birth of the color print in the mid-18th century. In connection with the National Museum of Western Art, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary with the exhibition Upon the 60th Anniversary of the NMWA THE MATSUKATA COLLECTION; A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey, this museum is displaying ukiyo-e prints from the Matsukata Collection. This Collection consists of roughly 8000 prints collected by Japanese businessman Matsukata Kojiro (1866–1950). They make up the majority of the Museum’s ukiyo-e collection. In this chronological exhibition outlining developments in ukiyo-e, we have selected works from the 100 prints that were displayed at the museum of Matsukata’s alma mater, Rutgers University in New Jersey, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his graduation. This is the second part of a four-part exhibition.
Current exhibit includes:
Beauties and Moored Boat, By Suzuki Harunobu, Edo period, 18th century (Important Art Object)
Pheasant and Snake, By Katsushika Hokusai, Edo period, 19th century (Important Art Object)
Waterfalls in Various Provinces: Amidagataki Falls on the Kiso Highway, By Katsushika Hokusai, Edo period, 19th century