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2014.3.31

Processional Tokaido - Journalism of Edo
2014 April 1 (Tue.) − July 6 (Sun.)Part 1 / April 1 (Tue.) − April 27 (Sun.)Part 2 / April 29 (Tue./Holiday) − June 1 (Sun.)Part 3 / June 3 (Tue.) − July 6 (Sun.)
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2014.3.31

Processional Tokaido –Journalism of Edo
2014 April 1 (Tue.) − July 6 (Sun.)Part 1 / April 1 (Tue.) − April 27 (Sun.)Part 2 / April 29 (Tue./Holiday) − June 1 (Sun.)Part 3 / June 3 (Tue.) − July 6 (Sun.)
Organizer: Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Designated Manager: NPO Hexaproject
Cooperation: Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History
Toyohashi City Futagawa Shuku Honjin Museum
Cultural Properties Division of Shizuoka City
400th Anniversary of the Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu
The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing
Towards the end of the peaceful Tokugawa Shogunate period, the city of Edo was in turmoil over whether to open the country
in the face of pressure from the Western powers or expel the ‘barbarians’. The fourteenth shogun, Lord Tokugawa Iemochi(1846-1866) traveled to Kyoto in 1863 to inform Emperor Kōmei, who was firmly committed to the idea of expelling theforeigners, of the shogunate’s policy of opening the country. This was the first time that a Tokugawa shogun had visited
Kyoto since the third shogun, Iemitsu, 229 years before. The procession, which included over 3,000 armed men and cost a totalof 1.5 million ryō (gold coins), some 150 billion yen in today’s money, stunned late Tokugawa society.
‘Scenes of Famous Places Along the Tokaido Road’, which is featured here, was painted to show this historical event, and as
result it was nicknamed ‘Processional Tokaido’. Thus Ukiyo-e prints, which by the end of the shogunate now featured topicalevents as well, came to play a role as a medium for providing information to the commoners. This exhibition features a totalof 163 Ukiyo-e works. Also exhibited are news reporting materials from the late Edo period such as kawaraban.
We hope you will enjoy viewing these ‘Processional Tokaido’ prints, which are not only views of famous scenes, but also aform of journalism.

◎Artwork*Changes may be made to the exhibit and its displayed works.

Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅱ and 15 artists
Part 1 : Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road (Edo‒Takashi Bay) [54 pieces inc. catalogue]
Part 2 : Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road (Yui‒Shono) [55 pieces]

Part 3 : Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road (Kameyama‒Kyoto) [54 pieces]
Total : 163 pieces

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital [18 pieces]
Picture of Souvenirs from Edo [6 pieces]
Total : 24 pieces

News Reporting Materials

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2014.3.31■Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅱ and 15 artists
Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road (Processional Tokaido)‘Scenes of Famous Places Along the Tokaido Road’ was inspired by the historical event of the Tokugawa shogun’s visit to Kyoto, which
was 229 years since the last such visit by the third shogun, Iemitsu, and as almost all images have an armed procession in them, theseries is also known as ‘Processional Tokaido’. This is a huge collection, featuring a simultaneous printing by more than twenty Edo
printers and a total of 163 pages, including a catalogue designed by Baisotei Gengyo. It not only depicts famous sites along the Tokaido
and surrounding areas, but features numerous scenes within Kyoto, Osaka, and the Kinai provinces around that area. Some sixteen
artists contributed work, including such luminaries as Toyokuni III, whose portraits of beauties and actors made his name famous, aswell as Hiroshige II, Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi (Tsukioka Yoshitoshi), and other artists of the Utagawa School, the biggest clique in the worldof late Tokugawa Ukiyo-e, and other artists such as Seisei Chikamaro (Kawanabe Kyōsai) .

［Part 2］

［Part 1］

Utagawa HiroshigeⅡ

Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road
Satta Pass
Utagawa Yoshimori

Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road
Mount Kuno
Utagawa Kunitsuna Ⅱ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road
Daishigawara

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Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road
Nihonbashi
Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ［Part 3］

Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido RoadThe Kamo Shrine in Kyoto
Utagawa Kunisada Ⅱ

Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road
Nachi Waterfall
Seisei Chikamaro■ Small exhibition room
This exhibition features three types of materials – Ukiyo-e prints, kawaraban, and modern newspapers – showing the progression of journalism.

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2014.3.31■Related Event 1
Ukiyo-e Demonstrations & Workshops
Demonstrations and workshops by the Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints who continue the Edo-period
techniques of woodcut printing. All ages are welcome to participate.

□ When: May 3 (Sat./Holiday); Morning／11:00 - 12:30, Afternoon／14:00 - 15:30□ Presenter: The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing□ Cost: Free *museum entrance fee is required
Spaces are limited to the first 15 people (pre-registration recommended).
Registration will close once all spaces are filled.

Utagawa Hiroshige

Demonstration and Workshop/ 2013

“Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido(Hoeido Version) Yui, Satta Pass”■Related Event 2
Gallery Talks by a Museum Curator
Part1 :“Processional Tokaido” April 13 (San.)
Part2 :“Kyoto Visit by Tokugawa Iemochi” May 4 (San.)
Part3 :“Journalism in the Late Edo Period” Jun 15 (San.)□ Time:13:00ー13:30□ Cost: Free *museum entrance fee is required□ Language: JapaneseMeeting place is the entrance hall of the museum. No pre-registration needed; unlimited enrollment.

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Hours ： 9:00 AM ‒ 5:00 PM (last admission 30 minutes before closing time)
Closed ： Mondays (if it falls on a holiday, then the following Tuesday)
Admission ： Adults: 510 (410) yen / University/High School Students: 300 (240) yen /Junior high students and younger:120(100)yen* ( ) indicates prices for groups of 20 or more
* Persons with proof of disability and one accompanying person are admitted free of charge* Shizuoka City residents Junior high students and younger as well as Shizuoka City residents over 70 are admitted free of charge

Organizer ： Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art (Designated Manager: NPO Hexaproject)
Cooperation ： Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History
Toyohashi City Futagawa Shuku Honjin Museum
Cultural Properties Division of Shizuoka City
400th Anniversary of the Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu
The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing●

5Shosetsu Konya

Tomei Expressway●←NagoyaOmoshiro Shukuba-kan

Route 1

Shimizu Bank

←Shimizu

Yui River

JR Tokaido Line●Parking P

由比駅

For more information on this exhibition and press inquiries
info@tokaido-hiroshige.jp

Ｋ ●Circle●Yui Sakuraebikan

Parking P□ Access by train:
Take the JR Tokaido Line and get off at Yui Station.
It is a 25-minute walk or 5-minute taxi ride from there.
□ Access by car:
Exit the Tomei Expressway at the Shimizu IC and it is 20-minutesby Route 1 from there. There are 21 parking spaces at the museum(Yui Honjin Park Parking).

GS← Satta Pass

●297-1 Yui, Shimizu-ku
Shizuoka City 421-3103
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2014.3.31■ Press Images
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1234■ Title and Credit
1. Poster image © Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
2. Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road “ Nihonbashi” From the Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art collection
3. Utagawa Yoshimori

Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road “ Satta Pass”

From the Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art collection

4. Utagawa Kunisada Ⅱ Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road “The Kamo Shrine in Kyoto”
From the Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art collection

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