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2016.11.09

Totally Fuji
Secondary Exhibition:Charles Emerson “Fuji”
2016 November 22 (Tue.) - 2017 January 29 (Sun.)Part 1: November 22 (Tue.) - December 25 (Sun.)Part 2: December 27 (Tue.) - January 29 (Sun.)
The museum will be closed for the new year holiday from Dec. 28 (Wed.) to Jan. 4 (Wed.)

Organizer: Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Designated Manager: NPO Hexaproject
Cooperation: Antlers Gallery
Support from The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

Outline
The beautiful and grand Mount Fuji has always been a symbol of worship as the mountain of god. Mount Fuji has
fascinated many with its high altitude and symmetry of the foot of the mountain, and it has been expressed in many
paintings and sculptures. This exhibition features the Ukiyoe-Hanga series including the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji(Horizontal) and the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Vertical) depicted by Eshi of the Edo period, Utagawa Hiroshige, andputs focus on the people of the Edo period. We have also exhibited a magical Mount Fuji captured using multiple exposureby British photographer, Charles Emerson.

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 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.

For more information on this exhibition and press inquies
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297-1 Yui, Shimizu-ku Shizuoka City 421-3103[URL] www.tokaido-hiroshige.jp [facebook] www.facebook.com/tokaido.hiroshige

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Exhibition Highlights
Fabulous View Points of Mount Fuji
Utagawa Hiroshige, an Eshi known for many scenery prints, has depicted
Mount Fuji in scenes such as Tōkaidō and Edo; however, he has always
based his prints on actual images so the viewer can immediately realize theangle from where the scene was captured. Please enjoy beautiful MountFuji depicted from various angles as if you were a local of the Edo era.

Work exhibited in Part 2.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji “Rough Seas off Shichirigahama Beach in Sagami Province”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

Work exhibited in Part 1.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji “Ōtsuki Plain in Kai Province”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

Related Event 1: Charles Emerson: Artist Talk (with Japanese/English interpretation)
Date: November 23 (Wed./Holiday) 13:00 - 13:40
Cost: Free *museum entrance fee is required
Meeting place is the entrance hall of the museum. No pre-registration needed; unlimited enrollment
Related Event 2: Gallery Talks by a Museum Curator
Date: December 4 (Sun.), January 8 (Sun.) 13:00 - 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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Artworks
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Horizontal)
Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji (Horizontal) were published around 1852 by Sanoya Kihei and the first he made in his Thirty Six Views ofMount Fuji series. The size is horizontal chūban, exactly half the size of Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji (Vertical). In the works “UnderRyōgokubashi Bridge” and “Tagonoura Bay in Suruga Province”, Hiroshige uses the Kinkei-kakudai Kōzu composition which is rare in
his horizontal works, making them important works in tracing his change of style in his later years.

Work exhibited in Part 1.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji “The Seashore in Izu Province”

Work exhibited in Part 2.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji “Fuji Marsh in Suruga Province”

Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Vertical)
The vertical ōban nishiki-e works of Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji were made in 1858, the year Hiroshige passed away, and publishedby Tsutaya Kichizō the following year. These innovative compositional works make use of the paper’s vertical structure by using anoverhead view to create depth and perspective as well as using Kinkei-kakudai Kōzu by enlarging objects in the foreground.

Work exhibited in Part 1.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji “The Pine Forest of Miho in Suruga
Province”

Work exhibited in Part 2.
Utagawa Hiroshige
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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Secondary Exhibition: Charles Emerson “Fuji”
This exhibition will introduce Mount Fuji today captured by British photographer, Charles Emerson. Emerson uses a techniquecalled multiple exposure, which layers multiple images in one screen to create a magical piece. This beautiful work combines Mount
Fuji captured from various angles with the people who live alongside Mount Fuji.

Charles Emerson“MT. FUJI – NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST.”Charles Emerson“MT. FUJI. 06:30 12:20 18:20 23:10”(c) 2016 Antlers communication(c) 2016 Antlers communication

Secondary Exhibition: Charles Emerson “Fuji”
Born in Devon in 1982, Emerson earned a Photography BA (Hons) at FalmouthCollege of Art. He currently lives and works in Bristol, UK.
In 2013, Editors used Emerson’s Flower works for their album and single artwork
for the record The Weight of Your Love. This helped garner further exposure andinterest in his work internationally.
Time, Mondial, Intelligent Life and Wired Magazine have all recently featured
Emerson’s mountain works.

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About of 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
Hiroshige’s masterpieces Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Hoeidō 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 contemporary works. Visitors canenjoy 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 (TōkaidōHoeidō Edition) caused a great sensation, after that he continued to create Ukiyo-e prints about the Tōkaidō and the landscape ofEdo 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 age of 62. Hiroshige's bold composition and lyrical style is loved byall and his works continue to influence artists all over the world.
Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

Press Images
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□Titles and Credits

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Poster image©Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji “The Pine Forest of Miho in Suruga Province”

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji “The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province” Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji “The Seashore in Izu Province” Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji “Fuji Marsh in Suruga Province” Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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7Charles Emerson“MT. FUJI – NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST.” (c) 2016 Antlers communication“MT. FUJI. 06:30 12:20 18:20 23:10” (c) 2016 Antlers communication〈Usage Conditions〉* The images may be used only for editorial press purposes in conjunction with this exhibition and may not be used after the exhibition is over.
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Totally Fuji
Secondary Exhibition: Charles Emerson “Fuji”

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