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The Three Hiroshige
2017 January 31 (Tue.) - April 2 (Sun.)Part 1 ／ January 31 (Tue.) - March 5 (Sun.)Part 2 ／ March 7 (Tue.) - April 2 (Sun.)
Organizer: Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Designated Manager: NPO Hexaproject

OutlineAfter the first generation Utagawa Hiroshige, who became popular as a scenery Eshi, the Hiroshige name was succeeded
for five generations. Within the five generations of the Hiroshige, the ones that depicted the most scenery paintings as an
Ukiyo-e painter were the first three. The three Hiroshige depicted the liveliness of rapidly changing Japan from the endof the Edo era to the mid-Meiji era.
This exhibition will focus on the scenery prints depicted by the first, second, and third generation Hiroshige and willattempt at comparing the work of each. Please also enjoy scenery Ukiyo-e prints by Eshi other than the three 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 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.

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Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
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Exhibition HighlightsFirst Generation Hiroshige and the Two Hiroshiges
Shigenobu and Shigemasa, who studied under Hiroshige I, succeded theHiroshige name and became successful Ukiyo-e painters. This exhibition
will exhibit the works of the two Hiroshiges, which depicted the same
subject as their master, Hiroshige I, to compare their differences in style.
We hope you notice the expressions inherited from their master, as well as
their unique individual styles.

Work exhibited in Part 2. Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅰ
Famous Places of Our Country “Mount Fuji from Satta Pass”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

Work exhibited in Part 2. Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅲ (Shigemasa)
Revised Edition of Itinerary on the Tōkaidō “Yui: Foot of Satta Pass”
Collection of Mt. Fuji and Princess Kaguya Museum

There Will Also Be Exhibitions of Rare Works by the First Generation Hiroshige!
“Hanshita-e (Master Drawing)”
Hanshita-e are the final drafts in making the woodblock of Ukiyo-e. They
are pasted directly on the woodblock and are carved along the lines.
Regularly, Hanshita-e will disappear in the process of creating Ukiyo-ebut a few survived as they were not passed on to the carving process. Thisexhibition will introduce Hanshita-e with famous places as the theme.
Work exhibited in Part 1. Utagawa Hiroshige ⅠHanshita-e (Master Drawing)
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art“Nakatsugawa on a Rainy Day”
In the Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road series by Hiroshige I andKeisan Eisen, there is an extremely rare piece called the Sixty-nine Stationsof the Kisokaidō Road “Nakatsugawa” (also known as Nakatsugawa on aRainy Day). In addition to “Nakatsugawa on a Rainy Day”, there is also
“Nakatsugawa on a Sunny Day”. It is said that the woodblock for“Nakatsugawa on a Rainy Day” disappeared, and the variant edition,“Nakatsugawa on a Sunny Day” was created as a replacement.

Work exhibited in Part 2. Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅰ
Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road “Nakatsugawa”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
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Artworks
Scenery Prints and the Times Depicted by the Three Hiroshiges
Scenery of landscapes do not change radically over ashort period of time. This is why Ukiyo-e sceneryprints continued to sell over years and decades due topopular demand. However, the heart of the city inJapan changed radically during the end of Edo period
and Meiji era with Perry’s expedition arriving inJapan, damages by the large earthquake in Ansei, andthe rapid modernization after the opening of ports. The
Eshi that were successful in capturing the times were
the first to third generation Hiroshiges. This exhibition
will focus on the scenery prints by the three
Hiroshiges, and introduce the modernization of Japan
depicted in the prints.

Work exhibited in Part 1. Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅱ
Scenes of Famous Places along the TōkaidōRoad “Mount Fuji on the Left atKashiwabara”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige
Museum of Art

Work exhibited in Part 1. Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅲ
Revised Edition of Itinerary on the Tōkaidō“Yoshiwara: Mount Fuji on the Left”
Collection of Mt. Fuji and Princess Kaguya
MuseumThe Many Forms of Hiroshige
This exhibition will be Kachō-ga (painting of flowers and birds) by Hiroshige I,Yokohama-e and Chabako-e by Hiroshige II, and the Kaika-e (modernization pictures) byHiroshige III. The exhibition will look at work other than their iconic scenery prints.

Left image: work exhibited in Part 1.
Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅰ
Grand Series of Fishes “Ayu”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido
Hiroshige Museum of Art
Right image: work exhibited in Part 2.
Risshō (Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅱ)
Chabako-e (Tea Box Design)
Collection of Fujieda Municipal Museumof History

Related Event / Gallery Talks by a Museum Curator□Date: February 12 (Sun.), March 19 (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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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 (Tōkaidō HoeidōEdition) caused a great sensation, after that he continued to create Ukiyo-e prints about the Tōkaidō and the landscape of Edo and becamefamous 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 by all and his works continue toinfluence artists all over the world.

Work exhibited in Part 2. Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ
Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅰ
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 Ⅰ

Hanshita-e (Master Drawing), Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art.

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Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅰ

Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidō Road “Nakatsugawa”, Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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Risshō

Chabako-e (Tea Box Design), Collection of Fujieda Municipal Museum of History(Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅱ)
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Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅲ

Revised Edition of Itinerary on the Tōkaidō “Yui: Foot of Satta Pass”, Collection of Mt. Fuji and Princess Kaguya Museum

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Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ

Memorial Portrait of Utagawa Hiroshige, Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art〈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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The Three Hiroshige
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4. □Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅱ / Chabako-e (Tea Box Design)

5. □Utagawa Hiroshige Ⅲ / Revised Edition of Itinerary on the Tōkaidō “Yui: Foot of Satta Pass”

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