Special Exhibition：
Commemorating a Decade Since Mt. Fuji’s Registration as a World Cultural Heritage Site
Mt. Fuji and Cherry Blossoms:
From Hokusai’s Fuji to Togyū’s Cherry Blossoms

　

11 March (Sat.) 2023– 14 May (Sun.) 2023
(Closed on Mondays, except for 1 May.)
1st period (on display 11 March – 16 April.) / 2nd period (on display 18 April – 14 May.)

Hours: 10 am - 5 pm (Last admission at 4:30 pm)

Admission Fees: Adults: 1,300 yen; middle school and younger children: free of charge;
Disability ID holders and one accompanying person: 1,100 yen each
*Discount for those who are wearing kimono: Discount of 200 yen for adults
Spring Student Discount: University and high school students: 1,000 yen → 500 yen

Organized by: Yamatane Museum of Art and Nikkei Inc.

Sponsored by: Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.

Highlights of the Exhibition

【Mt.Fuji】

Katsushika Hokusai,Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji: Fine Wind, Clear Morning.Large Format (Ōban) Polychrome Woodblock Print (Nishiki-e) on Paper,Edo Period, c. 1830; Yamatane Museum of Art ○

Katsushika Hokusai, One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji : vol.2. Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Edo Period, 1835; Property of Mr. Uragami Mitsuru ◎

Utagawa Hiroshige,Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road: Hara (Mt. Fuji in the Morning).Large Format (Ōban) Polychrome Woodblock Print (Nishiki-e) on Paper,Edo Period, c. 1833-36; Yamatane Museum of Art ●

Utagawa Hiroshige,Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road: Yui (Satta Pass).Large Format (Ōban) Polychrome Woodblock Print (Nishiki-e) on Paper,Edo Period, c. 1833-36; Yamatane Museum of Art ○

Yokoyama Taikan,Mt. Fuji, the Sacred Mountain.Color on Silk,Showa Period, 1937; Yamatane Museum of Art

Hashimoto Kansetsu,Mt. Fuji in Summer.Color on Silk,Taisho Period, 1925; Yamatane Museum of Art

Komatsu Hitoshi,Red-Tinted Mt. Fuji.Color on Paper,Showa Period, 1977; Yamatane Museum of Art

【Cherry Blossoms】

Yokoyama Taikan,Mountain Cherry Trees.Color on Silk,Showa Period, 1934; Yamatane Museum of Art

Hishida Shunsō,Women Viewing Cherry Blossoms.Color on Silk,Meiji Period, 1894; Yamatane Museum of Art

Matsuoka Eikyū,Court Ladies in Spring Clothing, in the Spring Sunlight.Color on Silk,Taisho Period, 1917; Yamatane Museum of Art

Okumura Togyū,Cherry Blossoms at Daigo-ji Temple.Color on Paper,Showa Period, 1972; Yamatane Museum of Art

Omoda Seiju,Spring Garden.Color on Silk,Taisho Period, 1918; Yamatane Museum of Art

Hayami Gyoshū,Dawn and Spring Evening: Spring Evening.Color on Paper,Showa Period, 1934; Yamatane Museum of Art

Senju Hiroshi,Cherry Blossoms in the Dark.Color on Paper,Heisei Period, 2001; Yamatane Museum of Art

Approximately 50 works in total are to be displayed.
Period of Display: ○: 3/11-4/16, ●: 4/18-5/14, ◎: The scenes on display will be changed from 4/18.

Exhibition Overview

Mt. Fuji is a symbol of Japan, a lofty peak famous throughout the world. In 2013, it was registered as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. Now, a decade later, the Yamatane Museum of Art, is commemorating that event with an exhibition of depictions of Mt. Fuji, principally nihonga and ukiyo-e. They are combined with nihonga paintings of cherry trees in bloom, another symbol of Japan, in this special exhibition celebrating that tenth anniversary.

Mt. Fuji has long been an inspiration for many arts. In the visual arts, the ukiyo-e depicting it by Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige are world famous. This exhibition includes Hokusai’s Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji: Fine Wind, Clear Morning and Hiroshige’s Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road: Hara (Mt. Fuji in the Morning). They are joined by a special display ofHokusai’s One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji(private collection), an illustrated book in which he developed the Mount Fuji theme even further.

Modern and contemporary nihonga artists of every generation have continued to paint Mt. Fuji. Moreover, some nihonga artists have persistently focused on the mountain, painting it again and again. Mt. Fuji, the Sacred Mountain by Yokoyama Taikan and Komatsu Hitoshi’s Scarlet Mt. Fuji, which seems to be on fire: enjoy the spectacle of Mt. Fuji paintings by these and other maestros.

The cherry blossom paintings that join them include Okumura Togyū’s Cherry Blossoms at Daigo-ji Temple, which exemplifies our museum’s collection, and other famous works on that theme by modern and contemporary nihonga artists. In commemorating a decade since Mt. Fuji became a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, please enjoy the very essence of Japanese art through a host of masterpieces.