Past Exhibition
Special Exhibition Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Yamatane Museum of Art
The Best of the Yamatane Collection II
Splendid Colors and Compositions by Six Masters of Ukiyoe
― Harunobu, Kiyonaga, Utamaro, Sharaku, Hokusai and Hiroshige ―
Tōshūsai Sharaku,
Arashi Ryūzō II in the Role of Ishibe Kinkichi, the Money Lender,
Large Format (Ōban) Polychrome Woodblock Print (Nishiki-e) on Paper, 1794,
Yamatane Museum of Art
27 August (Sat.) - 29 September (Thu.) 2016
(Closed on 9/20, and on Mondays, except for 9/19)
Hours:10 am - 5 pm (Last admission at 4:30 pm)
*Night Museum on 16 September, 2016
10 am - 8 pm (Last admission at 7:30 pm)
Admission Fees: 1,200 [1,000] yen; university and high school students: 900 [800] yen; middle school and younger children: free of charge
*Figures in brackets are for groups of 20 or more, advance tickets, repeaters with used tickets, and those who are wearing kimono.
*Disability ID Holders and one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.
Organized by: Yamatane Museum of Art and The Asahi Shimbun
Highlights of the Exhibition
Chapter 1: Ukiyoe in the Yamatane Museum of Art
Chapter 2: Modern Nihonga Artists and the Yamatane Museum of Art
Approximately 90 works in total are to be displayed.
The fourth event commemorating our museum's fiftieth anniversary is a special exhibition of the ukiyoe in the Yamatane Museum of Art's collection. Our collection includes works by Suzuki Harunobu, Torii Kiyonaga, Kitagawa Utamaro, Tōshūsai Sharaku, Katsushika Hokusai, and Utagawa Hiroshige I, with a large number of superb works by those six well-known ukiyoe masters. The scale of the collection is matched by the excellent quality of the works' preservation, for which it is highly regarded among ukiyoe experts. The collection includes three of Sharaku's highly individualistic ōkubi-e portraits of actors, which thus account for a remarkably high proportion of the collection. Hiroshige I's archetypical series, Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road, is also included in the original Hōeidō edition. Most are prints from the first state; moreover, they also include the titles. These are thus extremely valuable examples of his extant work. This exhibition thus provides not only a comprehensive view of our collection but also, through it, an opportunity to partake of the essence of ukiyoe, of works whose fascination transcends borders and eras.
In association with our fiftieth anniversary, the exhibition also includes a special display of works by modern and contemporary nihonga artists, including Kobayashi Kokei and Kayama Matazō, who had a deep connection our museum.
 Suzuki Harunobu, Breaking off a Plum Branch, Medium Format (Chūban) Polychrome Woodblock Print (Nishiki-e) on Paper, c. 1767-68, Yamatane Museum of Art |
 Torii Kiyonaga, Fūzoku Azuma no Nishiki: Customs and Manners of the East: A Young Samurai, a Wet Nurse, and Two Ladies-in-Waiting, Large Format (Ōban) Polychrome Woodblock Print (Nishiki-e) on Paper, c. 1784, Yamatane Museum of Art |
 Kitagawa Utamaro, Seven Beauties of the Gay Quarters: Shinohara of Tsuruya, Large Format (Ōban) Polychrome Woodblock Print (Nishiki-e) on Paper, Edo Period, c. 1794-95, Yamatane Museum of Art |
 Utagawa Hiroshige I, Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road, Large Format (Ōban) Polychrome (Nishiki-e) Woodblock Print on Paper, c. 1833-36, Yamatane Museum of Art |
 Utagawa Hiroshige I, Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road, Large Format (Ōban) Polychrome (Nishiki-e) Woodblock Print on Paper, c. 1833-36, Yamatane Museum of Art |
 Utagawa Hiroshige I, A Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Evening Shower at Ōhashi Bridge, Large Format (Ōban) Polychrome Woodblock Print (Nishiki-e) on Paper, 1857, Yamatane Museum of Art |
 Katsushika Hokusai, Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji: Fine Wind, Clear Morning, Large Format (Ōban) Polychrome (Nishiki-e) Woodblock Print on Paper, c. 1830, Yamatane Museum of Art |
 Kobayashi Kokei, Irises, Color on Paper, 1952, Yamatane Museum of Art |
 Higashiyama Kaii, Hill in Early Spring, Color on Paper, 1966, Yamatane Museum of Art |