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2014.12.23

400th Anniversary ofthe Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu

The RetiredShogun’s Tōkaidō:
Scenes from the Fifty-Three
Stations of the TōkaidōFebruary 3 (Tue.) – March 29 (Sun.)Part 1: February 3 (Tue.) – March 1 (Sun.)Part 2: March 3 (Tue.) –March 29 (Sun.)
Organizer: Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Designated Manager: NPO Hexaproject
Cooperation:
400th Anniversary of the Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu
Cultural Properties Division of Shizuoka City
Shizuoka Sengen Shrine, Seiken Temple
Historical Tōkaidō Residence of Village Headman Koike, Rinkō Temple

OutlineTokugawa Ieyasu started working on improving the Tōkaidō once he unified the realm, and soon the highway wasbustling with travellers. This year, as we reach 400 years after Ieyasuʼs death, we are pleased to present an exhibitof woodblock prints of Utagawa Hiroshigeʼs Tōkaidō series along with a range of rare and valuable items connectedwith the Tokugawa family and cultural artifacts related to the Tōkaidō. These will allow visitors to appreciate thegreat legacy of the Retired Shogun Ieyasu and to travel the Tōkaidō as depicted by Hiroshige.

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)
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 Admission admitted free of charge
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:
There are 21 parking spaces at the museum(Yui Honjin Park Parking)■From Osaka, Nagoya area
Exit the Tomei Expressway at the Shimizu IC and it is 20-minutesby Route 1 from there.
■From Tokyo, Yokohama area
Exit the Tomei Expressway at the Fuji IC and it is 25-minutesby Route 1 from there.

Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
297-1 Yui, Shimizu-ku Shizuoka City 421-3103[URL] www.tokaido-hiroshige.jp [facebook] www.facebook.com/tokaido.hiroshige
For more information on this exhibition and press inquies
Tel 054-375-4454 / Fax 054-375-5321

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Exhibition Highlights❶Slip back in time to the Edo era.
Experience travel in the Edo era with our exhibit of Ukiyo-e prints from
Utagawa Hiroshige's masterpiece, the Tōkaidō series, along withUkiyo-e which show lively drawn scenes of Tōkaidō post stations andtravelers, pictorial maps and ancient documents.

Above / Part 2

Utagawa HiroshigeFifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road “Yui” Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Below / Part 1/Part 2Author: Ochikochi Dōin, Artist: Hishikawa Moronobu

Charted Map of the Tōkaidō Vol.2 (one section) Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art❷Follow the footsteps of the retired shogun.
Also on display are items related to the Tokugawa family from historic sites in Shizuoka city
– Seiken Temple in Okitsu where Ieyasu studied as a child, Shizuoka Sengen Shrine whereIeyasu prayed for victory in the Sengoku period (Warring States period, 1467–1603), andRinkō temple in Yui where Ieyasu visited while practicing falconry.
Right / Part 2

Gunbai-uchiwa (Military Leader's Fan)

Collection of Shizuoka Sengen Shrine

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

Ukiyo-ePart 1

Utagawa Hiroshige

Tōkaidō Road (Reisho Tōkaidō) [55 works]

Part 2

Utagawa Hiroshige

Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road (Gyōsho Tōkaidō) [56 works]

Items Related to the Tokugawa Family and the TōkaidōPart 1
Incense Burner in Shape of Bronze Cauldron, Celadon

Collection of Seiken Temple[4 works]

Suiteki in the Shape of a Stone Dragon etc.
Charted Map of the Tōkaidō Vol.2

Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art[1 work]

Part 2
Kachi-fukube (Victory Gourd)

Collection of Shizuoka Sengen Shrine[3 works]

Gunbai-uchiwa (Military Leader's Fan) etc.
Charted Map of the Tōkaidō Vol.3

Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art[1 work]

Part 1 / Part 2
Prohibitions from Tokugawa Ieyasu etc.

Collection of Seiken Temple[5 works]

Letter of Thanks from Matsudaira Izu-no-kami for theCollection of Rinkō Temple[2 works]

Presentation of Japanese Pepper (Prickly Ash) Leaves etc.
Cadastral Survey Land Register for Terao Village

Collection of Historical Tōkaidō Residence of Village Headman Koike

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Utagawa Hiroshige
Part 1 / Tōkaidō Road

Part 2 / Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road

This work has clear contrasts of color, giving it

Together with landscapes of famous sights, thisa sense of volume. The title characters areseries features many famous products anddone in the reisho (clerical) script, which gives

foods from post-station towns. The title
characters are done in the gyōsho style, which

this series the name ‘Reisho Tōkaidōʼ.

gives this series the name ‘Gyōsho Tōkaidōʼ.

Part 1

Part 2

Utagawa Hiroshige / Tōkaidō Road “Fuchū”

Utagawa Hiroshige / Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
“Fuchū Distant View of the Abe River”

Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

Ieyasu lived in Sunpu castle after he retired from the shogunate.

Shown here is the famous Abekawa Mochi. Said to be a favorite

Along with a post station there was an established courtesan district

food of Ieyasuʼs, it is a rice cake covered with sweetened yellow

in this bustling castle town.

soybean flour, resembling the gold dust panned from Abe River.

crowded with many people.

Items Related to the Tokugawa Family and the Tōkaidō

Here we present rare and valuable items connected with the Tokugawa
family, from the Seiken Temple and the Shizuoka Sengen Shrine, both
historical sites with links to Ieyasu. We also present cultural artifacts
that give an idea of what the Tōkaidō was once like.
Right / Part 2
Kachi-fukube (Victory Gourd)

Collection of Shizuoka Sengen Shrine

A favourite item of Ieyasu, they were given this name as he felt they brought him victory on the battlefield.

Related Event / Gallery Talks by a Museum Curator
Part 1 “Tōkaidō Road” February 15 (Sun.) 13:00 - 13:30
Part 2 “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road” March 15 (Sun.) 13:00 - 13:30
Cost: Free *museum entrance fee is requiredLanguage: JapaneseMeeting place is the entrance hall of the museum. No pre-registration needed; unlimited enrollment

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About the Museum￥Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art is the first art museum in Japan to focus on the works of Edo
Ukiyo-e Artist, Utagawa Hiroshige. There are approximately 1400 landscape woodblock prints and other works
within the Hiroshige collection, including Hiroshigeʼs masterpieces Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (TōkaidōHoeidō Edition) and One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.
We aim to promote a new culture of Ukiyo-e through curated exhibitions connecting Ukiyo-e with contemporaryworks. Visitors can enjoy the magnificence of internationally loved Ukiyo-e works from Edo to the present.

About Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) Ukiyo-e artist
He became a pupil of Toyohiro Utagawa when he was about 15 years old. His work Fifty Three Station of the Tōkaidō(Tōkaidō Hoeidō Edition) caused a great sensation, after that he continued to create Ukiyo-e prints about theTōkaidō and the landscape of Edo and became famous as landscape artist. While he was working on what is
considered his late-life masterpiece, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Hiroshige fell ill and passed away at the ageof 62. Hiroshige's bold composition and lyrical style is loved by all and his works continue to influence artists all overthe world.
Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ / Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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Poster image©Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Tōkaidō Road “Fuchū” Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road “Fuchū Distant View of the Abe River” Collection of Shizuoka

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Author: Ochikochi Dōin,City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Charted Map of the Tōkaidō Vol.2 Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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2014.12.23The Retired Shogun’s Tōkaidō:
Scenes from the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō

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