Past Exhibition
Selected Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e and Edo-Period Paintings from the Yamatane Collection
― from Sharaku and Hokusai to Rimpa School
3 July (Sat.) – 29 August (Sun.) 2021
(Closed on 10 August and on Mondays, except for 9 August.)
1st period (on display 3 July – 1 August) / 2nd period (on display 3 August – 29 August)
Admission Fees: Adults: 1,300 yen; middle school and younger children: free of charge; Disability ID holders and one person accompanying them: 1,100 yen
*Discount for those who are wearing kimono: Discount of 200 yen for adult
Summer Student Discount: University and high school students: 1,000 yen → 500 yen
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Organized by: Yamatane Museum of Art and The Asahi Shimbun Company
Approximately 100 masterpieces from Yamatane Collection are on display during the above period.
＊Period of Display ◇: 7/3-8/1, ◆: 8/3-8/29, No marks: entire period
Exhibition Overview
To commemorate the fifty-fifth anniversary of the Yamatane Museum of Art, we are delighted to present selected masterpieces of ukiyo-e printsand Edo-period paintings from the museum’s collection.
The museum’s ukiyo-e print collection includes a large number of superb works by the six giants of ukiyo-e, Suzuki Harunobu, Torii Kiyonaga, Kitagawa Utamaro, Tōshūsai Sharaku, Katsushika Hokusai, and Utagawa Hiroshige I. Moreover, these prints are in an excellent state of preservation, earning the collection high regard among ukiyo-e specialists. This exhibition includes three of Sharaku’s highly individual bust-length actor portraits, Hokusai’s famous Red Fuji (Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji: Fine Wind, Clear Morning), the Hoeidō edition of Hiroshige’s Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road, and other treasures. This collection of signature works by these artists will be displayed in full, divided between the first and second halves of the exhibition period.
The Edo-period painting collection includes a comprehensive group of Rimpa School paintings, not surprisingly, since it was the encounter of our founder, Yamazaki Taneji, back when he was a young man working at a rice shop, with the work of Sakai Hōitsu, an Edo Rimpa artist, that inspired him to collect art. This exhibit includes two works with painting by Tawaraya Sōtatsu and calligraphy by Hon’ami Kōetsu, Album of Paintings and Poems and Fragment of the Shinkokinshū Poetry Anthology: Deer, plus Sakai Hōitsu’s Autumn Plants and Quails (Important Art Object). Those Rimpa works are joined by Iwasa Matabei’s Court Ladies Enjoying Wayside Chrysanthemums (Important Cultural Property), a work by Itō Jakuchū, who has recently been attracting interest in Japan and abroad, literati paintings by Ike no Taiga and other artists, and Kanō School and Maruyama Shijō School paintings. The exhibition thus offers an opportunity to view highly distinctive masterpieces by artists of the major schools.
Edo-period paintings and ukiyo-e prints have come to be loved regardless of time or place. The ukiyo-e prints that influenced the Impressionists and the Rimpa and other Edo-period paintings admired for their decorative qualities have helped to spread Japanese culture throughout the world. The world-renowned artistry displayed in these works continues to glow. We hope you will enjoy experiencing the fascination of these ukiyo-e prints and Edo-period paintings from among our museum’s treasures.
 Suzuki Harunobu, Breaking off a Plum Branch ◇: 7/3-8/1 |
 Tōshūsai Sharaku, Arashi Ryūzō II in the Role of Ishibe Kinkichi, the Money Lender ◆: 8/3-8/29 |
 Utagawa Hiroshige I, Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road: Nihonbashi (Morning Scene) ◇: 7/3-8/1 |
 Utagawa Hiroshige I, A Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Evening Shower at Ōhashi Bridge ◆: 8/3-8/29 |
 Attributed to Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Chinese Black Pines and Maple Trees |
 Itō Jakuchū, Fushimi Dolls |
 Tsubaki Chinzan, View of Mt. Kunō [Important Cultural Property] |
 Sakai Hōitsu, Autumn Plants and Quails [Important Art Object] |
 Suzuki Kiitsu, Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons |
＊Period of Display ◇: 7/3-8/1, ◆: 8/3-8/29, No marks: entire period