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Animals from the Edo period have gathered at the gallery! Nihondaira Zoo on Tour: “Ukiyo-eAnimal Museum” will be open for a limited time. There will be a variety of animals from ones thatlive in our local neighbourhood, animals that appear in stories, and animals designed on kimonosand buildings. We welcome you to the “Ukiyo-e Animal Museum”, a place where you can meetanimals hidden inside Ukiyo-e.

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2Exhibition Highlights■Animals drawn in ukiyo-e prints■The animals that you will see at the Ukiyo-e Animal Museum are different from the ones you
see at the actual Nihondaira Zoo and are a bit mysterious; they do not need to be fed, donot grow, do not cry or make noise, and do not die. Regularly, they play a small role indisplayed Ukiyo-e and are usually displayed on the side, but this time, they will appear as
the main feature.
We hope you enjoy this slightly unique “zoo” of familiar animals, animals that appear infiction, and animals that are designed on kimonos and architecture to your heart's content.

Wild Animal House 299:Tiger

Herbivore huts:HorseFlying Megadome: Hawk

Heroes of the Great Peace“No.51: Katō Kazuenokami Kiyomasa”(Part2)

Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido Road

Horse Race at the Kamo Shrine(Part1)One Hundred Famous Views of Edo”Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo”(Part2)

Reptile house: Snake
Petting zoo: Monkey, Rabbit

Nocturnal animal house: Bat

One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
“Jade Rabbit - Sun Wukong”(Part1)

Bats under the Moon
(Part1)

Yorimitsu Tries to Capture Hakamadare by Destroying His Magic(Part1)

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Exhibition Highlights①Test Your Knowledge Against Edo Commoners
Hanji-e are visual riddles. The answers are found in the hidden meanings in theseemingly unrelated pictures and characters, making these woodblock prints
full of fun. Hanji-e cover a wide range of subjects, from food to common tools.
Here you can enjoy testing your knowledge and wits against the people of Edo
as you not only tease out the hidden answers, but also focus on the fun,
impossible situations that have been drawn as the riddles.
■Try For Yourself
Rule❶ Puns: Find the answers from the sounds, using words with thesame sounds but different meanings❷ Reading backwards: Images drawn the wrong way up are readbackwards.

Answer【A】

Matsu (Pain Tree)*A wife “Tsuma”
which is handstandso read as “Matsu”.

Utagawa Yoshifuji“Picture Puzzle: Garden Trees”
Collection of Dasokuan②Let's make Hanji-e!
Create your own original Hanji-e(picture puzzles) using the rules ofHanji-e in the Edo period! There are
four themes: famous sights, food,living things, and anything you wish.
Your original work will be displayedin the panels during the exhibition.
Create, solve, and challenge thiscontemporary Hanji-e.

Example:Kirin(Giraffe)*A ogre “Ki” ring the bell.

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4EventRelated Event 1: “Revolving ‘Living’ Lanterns Part II”
The workshop that was well-received in the previous year is back and better than ever. This is a workshop fordesigning revolving “Tourou” (lanterns), a summer tradition from the Edo period. Please use this opportunity tocreate your own original lantern with animal Ukiyo-e as the motif.
□Date: August 11 (Sat. / Holiday) 13:30 - 16:00□Who: General (Grades 4 and up / Children younger than middle school must be accompanied by an adult)□Cost: 1,000yen. *This price is inclusive of Admission fee.
□Registration: Applications accepted by telephone (054-375-4454) or through our website.
Space are limited to the first 10 people (pre-registration recommended).
Registration will close once all spaces are filled.

Related Event 2 / Gallery Talks by a Museum Curator*Date: Part 1: April 9 (Sun.) 13:00 - 13:30
Part 2: May 14 (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

About of Museum
Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art is thefirst art museum in Japan to focus on the works of Edo
Ukiyo-e Artist, Utagawa Hiroshige. There areapproximately 1400 landscape woodblock prints andother works within the Hiroshige collection, including
Hiroshige’s masterpieces Fifty-Three Stations of theTōkaidō (Tōkaidō Hoeidō Edition) and One Hundred
Famous Views of Edo.
We aim to promote a new culture of Ukiyo-e throughcurated exhibitions connecting Ukiyo-e withcontemporary works. Visitors can enjoy themagnificence 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, afterthat he continued to create Ukiyo-e prints about the Tōkaidō and the landscape of Edoand became famous as landscape artist. While he was working on what is considered hislate-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 by all andhis 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

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Poster image©Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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Ochiai Yoshiiku

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Utagawa Hiroshige

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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Utagawa Yoshiyuki

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Utagawa HiroshigeHeroes of the Great Peace “No.51: Katō Kazuenokami Kiyomasa”
Collection of Mt. Fuji and Princess Kaguya Museum
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo “Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon “Jade Rabbit, Sun Wukong”
Collection of Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library“The Wild Boar Slain by Minamoto no Tametomo”
Collection of Shizuoka Prefectural Central Library“Cats and Mice, Peeping”
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Nihondaira Zoo on Tour: Ukiyo-e Animal Museum
Second exhibition: The World of Hanji-e: Riddles Solved with Pictures

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Heroes of the Great Peace “No.51: Katō Kazuenokami Kiyomasa”
One Hundred Famous Views of Edo ”Fukagawa Susaki and Jumantsubo”
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon ”Jade Rabbit - Sun Wukong”“The Wild Boar Slain by Minamoto no Tametomo”“Cats and Mice, Peeping”

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7Hours: 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 ofdisability 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 20minutesby 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.

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