France Meets Japan - Ukiyo-e Influence on French Ceramics

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left:Plate (Lobster and eggplant design), Musée d'Orsay
right:"Lobster and gray prawn" from the series A Variety of Fish, By Utagawa Hiroshige

Hyokeikan
July 1, 2008 (Tue) - August 3, 2008 (Sun)

Features 19th century French ceramics, including plates and cups, created using designs based on ukiyo-e and other Japanese art. This exhibition unveils a valuable collection of works that has hitherto rarely been seen.

General Information

Period

Tuesday, July 1 - Sunday, August 3, 2008

Venue

Hyokeikan, Tokyo National Museum (Ueno Park)

Hours

9:30 - 17:00
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays until 18:00
Fridays until 20:00
(last entry 30 minutes before closing)

Closed

Mondays (Except for Monday, July 21, 2008), Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Admissions

Adults: 1,000 (800/700)yen
University and High school students: 700 (500/400)yen
Junior high school students and under: Free

*	Prices shown in ( ) indicate advance/group (more than 20 persons) discount tickets.
*	Persons with physical or mental disabilities are allowed free entry with one accompanying guest each.
*	Ticket prices include admission to regular exhibitions.
*	Advance tickets are on sale at the Museum ticket office (during museum hours) and e-Ticket Pia(P-code: Advance tickets=688-188; Day tickets=688-189), Lawson Ticket(L-code: 35388), E-Plus, CN Playguide, Circle K, Sunkus, JTB, Seven Eleven, and other major playguides until June 30, 2008.
*	Special exhibition "Dueling Geniuses — The Greatest Highlights of Japanese Artists" (July 8 - August 17, 2008) requires a separate admission fee. A total of 100yen discount will apply to day tickets when both special exhibitions are seen on the same day.

Access

10 minutes' walk from JR Ueno Station (Park exit) and Uguisudani Station
15 minutes' walk from Keisei Ueno Station and Tokyo Metro Ueno Station and Nezu Station

Organizers

Tokyo National Museum, Musée d'Orsay, Nikkei Inc.

With the Support of

Ambassade de France au Japon

With the Sponsorship of

Toray Industries, Inc., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

With the Cooperation of

Japan Airlines

General Inquiries

03-5777-8600 (Hello Dial: in Japanese)

Exhibition Official Website

http://www.nikkei-events.jp/art/france.html
The website has closed with the end of the exhibition.

Major Works on Display

1. Service Rousseau (Rousseau Series)

Oval dish with draining tray (Carp and morning glory design)
Musée d'Orsay
©photo P. Schmidt, musée d'Orsay

"Carp" from the series A Variety of Fish
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Edo period, 19th century
Tokyo National Museum

Plate (Lobster and eggplant design)
Musée d'Orsay
©photo P. Schmidt, musée d'Orsay

"Lobster and gray prawn" from the series A Variety of Fish
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Edo period, 19th century
Tokyo National Museum

"Flathead fish and eggplant" from the series A Variety of Fish
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Edo period, 19th century
Tokyo National Museum

2. Service Lambert (Lambert Series)

Seven-syllable poem from Picture Book of Selected Chinese Poems (Crab)
By Katsushika Hokusai
Edo period, dated 1836
Chiba City Museum of Art

Plate (Scene of Mt. Fuji and Mt. Ashigara in Numazu after the snow)

"Mt. Fuji and Mt. Ashigara in Numazu after the snow" from the series Famous Places Near the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Highway
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Edo period, dated 1855
Tokyo National Museum