Sannose Gohonjin Art Museum◆Exhibition Title
Event period：June 29th to August 26th,2024
Collection Exhibition Ⅰ“Ukiyo-e” - Various and Colorful –◆Exhibition Overview“Ukiyo-e” is one of Japan's world-class arts. It is agenre-painting depicting from the theme of daily life thatdeveloped primarily during the Edo period (1603-1868),
and includes both hand-paintings and woodblock prints.
This exhibition will introduce the appeal of ukiyo-e
woodblock prints.
There are many different types of ukiyo-e. "Bijin-ga,"
which depicted beautiful Japanese women wearingfashionable kimonos, and "Yakusha-e," which depicted
popular Kabuki actors of the time, disseminatedinformation about fashion and entertainment, andbecame popular as a form of entertainment that thecommon people could easily enjoy.
Furthermore, following the opening of the Port of
Yokohama in 1859, ukiyo-e prints depicting the Westernstyle buildings of Yokohama, which had become a foreign
settlement, came to be known as "Yokohama-e." After thelong period of national isolation (1639-1854) ended, theseprints conveyed a glimpse of Western culture to thepeople of Edo.
These ukiyo-e prints also served as advertising
media, and progressed from monochromatic
ink prints (Sumizuri-e) to polychromatic
prints (Nishiki-e), becoming more colorful.

《Woman holding a Japanese lantern 》
This is Bijin-ga.
Creator：KIKUKAWA, Eizan (1787-1867)
Edo period omatic prints woodblock《Yokohama Ijinkan no zu》◆View point《Tōto kōmei kaiseki zukushi》(A foreign residence in Yokohama)
Creator：UTAGAWA,Yoshikazu(Years of birth and death unknown)
1866
Paper / Polychromatic prints woodblock◆View point《Tōto kōmei kaiseki zukushi》“Tōto kōmei kaiseki zukushi” is a set of 50 nishiki-e published between 1852 (Kaei 5)
and 1853 (Kaei 6).
In the background are the scenery or dishes of famous ryotei restaurants in Edo,and in the foreground are actors associated with the location or name of each ryotei
restaurants. The Kabuki actors were created by Toyokuni Utagawa III, who wasfamous for the beautiful women’s paintings "Bijin-ga", and the background restaurants
were created by Hiroshige Utagawa I, who excelled at landscape paintings.
This exhibition will display all 50 works from《Tōto kōmei kaiseki zukushi》atone time.
Enjoy the gorgeous world of ukiyo-e, which fascinated many people with its colors,compositions, and patterns.
◆Recommended works

From “Tōto kōmei kaiseki zukushi”《Taira no Kiyomori played by Nakamura,Utaemon Ⅳ》
Creator：UTAGAWA, Hiroshige Ⅰ(1797-1858) and UTAGAWA,Toyokuni Ⅲ (1786-1864)
1853/ Paper/ Polychromatic prints woodblock
In the background is depicted a restaurant
called “平清 Hirasei,” which was located in aplace called Fukagawa Dobashi in Edo(present-day Tokyo) during the Edo period.
In the foreground is depicted a Kabuki actor,Nakamura Utaemon IV, dressed as theJapanese historical figure “平清盛 Taira noKiyomori,” a spelling similar to that of therestaurant's name. The series is characterized
by a hidden play on words, with the therestaurant name and the role played by theactor.
In the Edo period (1603-1867), a rankingof restaurants called “Banzuke” also appeared.
This restaurant had a high ranking and wasknown as a prestigious restaurant used forbusiness entertainment and banquets. On
the other hand, Taira no Kiyomori （11181120）is a historical figure associated withItsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima.