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2014.08.08

Yui Honjin Park Twentieth Anniversary Special Exhibition
Items from the Museum and the Collection of Tetsuhito Tanabe

Hiroshige & Kōzan – Geniuses of Edo and Meiji:
Ukiyo-e and Rare Ceramics that Stunned the World
2014 September 13 (Sat.) – November 16 (Sun.)
Part1 : 2014 September 13 (Sat.) - October 13 (Mon./Holiday)
Part2 : 2014 October 15 (Wed.) - November 16 (Sun.)
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2014.08.08

Hiroshige & Kōzan – Geniuses of Edo and Meiji: Ukiyo-e and Rare Ceramics that Stunned the World
2014 September 13 (Sat.) – November 16 (Sun.)Part 1 / 2014 September 13 (Sat.) - October 13 (Mon./Holiday)
Part 2 / 2014 October 15 (Wed.) - November 16 (Sun.)
Organizer: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Designated Manager: NPO Hexaproject
Cooperation: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
Cooperation: The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing
Sponsorship: The Shizuoka Shimbun & Shizuoka Broadcasting System, Shizuoka Asahi Television Co., Ltd.
Sponsorship: Shizuoka Daiichi Television, SHIZUOKA TELECASTING Co., Ltd.

Yui Honjin Park and the Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art both reach their twentiethanniversary in September this year.
To commemorate this special year, we are holding an exhibition that features a number of pieces of Makuzu-yaki (Makuzu Ware) from the collection of Tetsuhito Tanabe, as well as the Sixty-Nine Stations of theKisokaidō and the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Hoeidō Edition), some of the finest works
in our collection. Ukiyo-e prints which have been loved by artists and avid collectors overseas, and Makuzu-yaki, considered a lost ceramic style, was exported to other countries and has been experiencing renewedinterest in recent years. We hope you will enjoy the duet of these masterpieces that stunned the world.
Special website

http://tokaido-hiroshige.jp/20th_anniv/en/■On the occasion of the Yui Honjin Park Twentieth Anniversary
In September 2014, the Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art will celebrate its twentieth anniversary.
Throughout this time, the museum has been supported by local residents and many admirers ofUkiyo-e, while spreading knowledge of various cultural and artistic objects to the public.
I would like to take this opportunity to offer my sincere thanks to everyone involved with us overthese years, and hope that you will continue supporting us as we strive to develop even further asa repository of culture and art in Shizuoka City.
Nobuhiro Tanabe, Mayor of Shizuoka City

If it's something you're sure about, you buy it whatever the cost…”
This phrase was from a report back in the early Meiji period, when Japan was opening up its ports.
After centuries of being sealed off from the outside world, Japanese culture, as expressed in the“Japonisme” movement, became a part of global culture, with Makuzu Kōzan revered as one of its
leading practitioners. However, Makuzu-ware at the time was not to be found in Japan, but spreadaround the world by way of overseas exhibitions. It has taken forty years and a lot of effort to bringaround 1,500 Makuzu-ware items back to Japan.
Now, thanks to the collaboration between the Hiroshige Museum of Art here in Yui and Councilor
Toshiaki Mochizuki, the former mayor of the town, we can all view some of these works, and forthis I would like to offer my thanks.
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2014.08.08■Exhibition Highlights■Rare Ukiyo-e on display!
Also called “Nakatsugawa on a Rainy Day”, this is a very valuablepiece for there are few prints remaining in the world, and one ofthose is part of our collection. The blurred straight black lines
project a gloomy rain scene. Another version with the same namewas prdouced later in greater quantities.

Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō series including these twoworks will be exhibited during Part 1 of the exhibition: 2014
September 13 (Sat.) - October 13 (Mon./Holiday).
Utagawa Hiroshige

Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō “Nakatsugawa”■The popular Edo-period Ukiyo-e “Yui”!
The site of Satta Pass in Yui, where our museum is located, isknown as a scenic spot for viewing Mt. Fuji and today it still offersa view similar to the landscape Hiroshige drew. This work was oneof the best-selling pieces in the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō
series.

Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō series will be exhibited during
Part 2 of the exhibition: 2014 October 15 (Wed.) - November 16(Sun.)
Utagawa Hiroshige

Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō “Yui (Satta Pass)”■Master craftsmanship: the world of high relief!
Miyagawa Kōzan I established his studio in Yokohama. Thebeginnings of Makuzu-yaki (Makuzu ware) were the ceramics
which he produced for export to Western countries. The high relief
technique of attaching three-dimensional decoration to thecontainer and the various expressions by the glaze made themirresistible in their day, and people bought them whatever the cost.

Makuzu-yaki from all periods will be on display during thisexhibition.
Miyagawa Kōzan I
Lidded Jar with High relief of Peonies and Cat
Collection of Tetsuhito Tanabe (Maintained by Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History)■Artwork
Part1
Utagawa Hiroshige
Keisai Eisen*Changes may be made to the exhibit and its displayed works.

Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō [71 works]

Part2
Utagawa Hiroshige

Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Hoeidō Edition) [55 works]

Part1 / Part2
Miyagawa Kōzan I

Makuzu-yaki (Makuzu Ware) from the collection of Tetsuhito Tanabe [16 works]

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2014.08.08■Utagawa Hiroshige / Keisai Eisen
Part1
Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō
Kisokaidō is another name for the road Nakasendō; so called because it passes through the steep mountainpass named Kiso-ji. Keisai Eisen and Utagawa Hiroshige drew the road’s landscape for the Sixty-Nine

Stations of the Kisokaidō. In contrast to the bright style of painting in the Fifty-Three Stations of theTōkaidō, many of its works present a subdued moonlit scenery.

Utagawa Hiroshige

Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō “Seba”
West of Seba Station a boat and raft carrying grass float down the Narai
River. The reeds and willows sway in the Autumn wind and a full moon
casts a pale light. This work is considered one of Hiroshige's masterpiece.

Keisai Eisen

Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō “Shiojiri”
When Lake Suwa freezes over, the temperature difference between day
and night makes the ice expand, and it splits with a sound like thunder.
This phenomenon is called “O-mi-watari,” or “The crossing of the gods,”
and it said to be the male deity at the Upper Shrine of the Suwa Shrine
crossing over to visit the female deity at the Lower Shrine.

Utagawa Hiroshige

Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō “Karuizawa”
Smoke from the bonfires highlight the trees in the background and thetraveler smoking a pipe. The word “Iseri” is written on the side of thehorse and is an alias for the publisher Kinjudō.

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2014.08.08■Utagawa Hiroshige
Part2
Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Hoeidō Edition)
The breakthrough work, Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō earned Hiroshige the title of “Master LandscapeArtist”. Made when Hiroshige was 37 years old, the popular series showed the variations of seasons andweather and was praised for its depictions of the road & post landscape. It consisted of 55 works including
the 53 stations of the Tōkaidō plus the starting point of Nihonbashi and ﬁnishing point of Kyoto.

Utagawa Hiroshige

Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō “Hara (Mt.Fuji in the Morning)”
Slightly red from the morning sunlight, the beautiful Mt. Fuji is in drawn
contrastively to the rugged Mt. Ashitaka. In order to emphasize the heightof Mt. Fuji, Hiroshige drew the summit so that it expands past thepicture’s border.

Utagawa Hiroshige

Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō “Hakone (The Lake)”
A feudal procession is going down the toughest section of the Tokaido, thesteep mountain path of Satta Pass. Low mountains surround Lake
Ashinoko with Mt. Fuji in the distance. A checkpoint was set up therewith strict conditions for letting women pass.

Utagawa Hiroshige

Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō “Kanbara (Evening Snow)”
Kanbara has a mild climate without heavy snowfall but Hiroshige boldly
made this a snow village scene showing two travellers wearing snow gearcrossing paths with an elderly man. This work is one the series’
masterpieces.

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2014.08.08■Miyagawa Kōzan
Part1 / Part2
Makuzu-yaki
Makuzu-yaki is a style of ceramics first developed by the Kyoto potter Miyagawa Kōzan I (1842-1916) inYokohama, shortly after the port was opened to foreign ships. Kōzan later became an Artist to the Imperial
Household and a leader of the ceramics world in the Meiji period. With a foundation of porcelain techniques

used since the Edo period, Makuzu-yaki absorbed Western cultural styles to present a new type of art, andgained worldwide popularity at the Philadelphia World’s Fair. Later, the technique of Makuzu-yaki waspassed down to Miyagawa Kōzan II, III, and IV, but the kiln was heavily damaged during the firebombingof Yokohama in WW2 and never rebuilt, thus making Makuzu-yaki a lost style.
This exhibition features sixteen items, with a focus on high relief with its wonderful decorations, from thecollection of Mr. Tetsuhito Tanabe.

Miyagawa Kōzan

Miyagawa KōzanFooted Bowl with Applied Crabs and Brown Glaze

Vase with High relief of Flying Doves

Collection of Tetsuhito Tanabe (Maintained by Kanagawa PrefecturalMuseum of Cultural History)

Collection of Tetsuhito Tanabe (Maintained by Kanagawa
Prefectural Museum of Cultural History)□Profile

Tetsuhito Tanabe (1942)

Born in Yui, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Mr. Tanabe is a researcher and avid collector of modern ceramics.
As the founder of sports chanbara, he was honored for his achievements in promoting sports over many
years by being awarded the Medal of Honor with Blue Ribbon in the Spring Honors List for 2014.

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2014.08.08■Related Event■Related Event 1 / Twentieth Anniversary Talks “Yokohama Port Opening and Makuzu-yaki”□Presenter: Tetsuhito Tanabe□Dates: September 13 (Sat.) 11:00 - 12:30□Dates: October 11 (Sat.) 13:30 - 15:00□Cost: Free *museum entrance fee is required□Registration: Applications accepted by telephone (054-375-4454) or through our website.
Spaces are limited to the first 35 per date (pre-registration recommended).
Registration will close once all spaces are filled.

■Related Event 2 / Ukiyo-e Seminar “Travel in the Edo Era”
□Presenter: Hitoshi Iwasaki (Director of Nerima Shakujiikoen Furusato Museum)□Date: October 25 (Sun.) 13:30 - 15:00□Cost: Free *museum entrance fee is required□Registration: Applications accepted by telephone (054-375-4454) or through our website.
Spaces are limited to the first 35 people (pre-registration recommended).
Registration will close once all spaces are filled.

■Related Event3 / 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.
□Presenter: The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing□When: October 19 (Sun.); Morning / 11:00 - 12:30□When: October 19 (Sun.); Afternoon / 14:00 - 15:30□Cost: Free *museum entrance fee is required□Registration: Applications accepted by telephone (054-375-4454) or through our website.
Printing workshop spaces are limited to the first 15 people (pre-registration recommended).
Registration will close once all spaces are filled.

■Related Event4 / Gallery Talks by a Museum Curator
Part 1 “Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō” September 21 (Sun.) 13:00 - 13:30
Part 2 “Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Hoeidō Edition)” October 26 (Sun.) 13:00 - 13:30
Cost: Free *museum entrance fee is required
Meeting place is the entrance hall of the museum. No pre-registration needed; unlimited enrollment.

The Yui Honjin Park Twentieth Anniversary event will be held on September 13 (Sat.).
Details are on our website.

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2014.08.08■About the Museum
Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of ArtShizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art is located at the Honjin site of the old Tōkaidō’s
16th post town Yui-shuku. It 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), Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō 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 can enjoy the magnificenceof 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. Later he came to use the artist name ofHiroshige (広重) by combining the character of Hiro (広) from Toyohiro s name and Shige (重) fromhis real name. His work Fifty Three Station of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Hoeidō Edition) which caused a great
sensation, was published by Hoeidō when he was around 37. After that he continued to create Ukiyo-e prints
about the Tōkaidō 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 andpassed away at the age of 62. Hiroshige's bold composition and lyrical style is loved by all and his works
Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ
continue to influence artists all over the world.
Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige
Hours 9:00 AM ‒ 5:00 PM (last admission 30 minutes before closing time) *September 13 (Sat.): museum will open at 10:30 AM.
Closed Mondays (if it falls on a holiday, then the following Tuesday) *Museum will be closed on September 12 (Fri.) for exhibition change.
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* The admission fee was changed from April 1, 2014

Organizer: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Designated Manager: NPO Hexaproject
Cooperation: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History
Cooperation: The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing
Sponsorship: The Shizuoka Shimbun & Shizuoka Broadcasting System, Shizuoka Asahi Television Co., Ltd.
Sponsorship: Shizuoka Daiichi Television, SHIZUOKA TELECASTING Co., Ltd.

297-1 Yui, Shimizu-ku
Shizuoka City 421-3103
Tel 054-375-4454 / Fax 054-375-5321[URL] www.tokaido-hiroshige.jp[facebook] www.facebook.com/tokaido.hiroshige□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
Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art Tel 054-375-4454 / Fax 054-375-5321

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2014.08.08■Press Images
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Utagawa Hiroshige
Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō “Nakatsugawa” From the Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige
Museum of Art collection
Utagawa Hiroshige
Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō “Yui (Satta Pass)” From the Shizuoka City Tokaido
Hiroshige Museum of Art collection
Miyagawa Kozan
Lidded Jar with High-relief of Peonies and Cat
Collection of Tetsuhito Tanabe(Maintained by Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History)
Miyagawa Kozan
Footed Bowl with Applied Crabs and Brown Glaze Collection of Tetsuhito Tanabe(Maintained by Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History)

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