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Prior to the Ikkoku Ichijō Rei (Law of One Castle per Province) passed by the Edo government in 1615,
there were many castles all around Japan, especially in the civil war era. However, once the law waspassed, castles were eventually centralized for Domains and became symbolic representations of eachspecific area. This special exhibition features the castles that were captured within Ukiyoe-Hanga ofthe Tōkaidō as landmarks and symbolic icons of the scenes. For both sessions, a total of 22 UkiyoeHanga pieces depicting castles will be displayed including 12 pieces that feature both the Tōkaidō andthe castles in the large exhibition room.
In addition to the “Screens of Tōkaidō” owned by Shizuoka City, reference materials of excavations andresearch discovered within the Sumpu-jō Castle (with connections to Tokugawa Ieyasu, one of thethings Shizuoka City takes pride in, as the city that raised him) remains will be displayed in the small
exhibition room. We hope you enjoy this grand castle tour.

297-1 Yui, Shimizu-ku Shizuoka City 421-3103 / Tel: 054-375-4454 / Fax: 054-375-5321 / mail: info@tokaido-hiroshige.jp / www.tokaido-hiroshige.jp

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2Shiro Tabi! -Exhibition Highlights■Touring the Castles Along the Tōkaidō■This exhibition features Tōkaidō Meisho-e (Ukiyo-e prints of landscapes), aswell as pieces of castles that blend in with the scenery.
We hope you enjoy our castle tour of the Edo period.
Part1 : 11/27(Tue.)～12/27(Thu.)

Sumpu-jō Castle
Scenes of Famous Places along theTōkaidō Road “Fuchū”

Okazaki-jō CastleŌsaka-jō Castle

Scenes of Famous Places along theTōkaidō Road “Okazaki”

Scenes of Famous Places along theTōkaidō Road “Yodo Gawa River”

Part2 : 1/5(Sat.)～2/3(Sun.)

Edo-jō Castle

Kuwana-jō Castle

Tōkaidō Road “Nihonbashi”

Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō “Kuwana”

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Shiro Tabi! -Exhibition HighlightsTōkaido Castles Captured in Illustrations
The "Screens of Tōkaidō" depicted the Tōkaidō from Edo to Kyoto in two layers on a pair of sixfolding screens, and "A Measured Pictorial Map of the Tōkaidō" is a travel guide from
Nihonbashi to Kyoto that is in the form of a folding book seperated into five booklets.
We hope you enjoy this special exhibition which will take you back in time beyond the Ukiyo-eof the large exhibition room to the Tōkaidō and castles illustrated in the mid-Edo period.

“Screens of Tōkaidō ”“Sumpu-jō Castle”
The Pride of Shizuoka

Collection of Shizuoka city
(Part1)

In Shizuoka City, there iscurrently an excavation of theSumpu-jō Castle Ruins
Tenshudai (base of keep)
starting from August 2016
until the end on February2020 (tentative plan).

“Onigawara-Mitsubaaoi”(Crest of the hollyhock mon pattern)Collection of Shizuoka city

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Event

Related Event 1: Gallery Talks by a Museum Curator*Language: Japanese□Date: December 16 (Sun.) 2018, January 20 (Sun.) 2019, 13:00 - 13:30□Admission: Free *museum entrance fee is requiredMeeting place is the entrance hall of themuseum. No pre-registration needed; unlimited enrollment

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 Hiroshigecollection, 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 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 15years old. His work Fifty Three Station of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō
Hoeidō Edition) caused a great sensation, after that he continued tocreate Ukiyo-e prints about the Tōkaidō and the landscape of Edoand became famous as landscape artist. While he was working on
what is considered his late-life masterpiece, One Hundred FamousViews 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 hisworks 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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□ Titles and Credits

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Poster image©Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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Utagawa Yoshimori

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Kawanabe Kyosai

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Utagawa Yoshitsuya

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Utagawa Hiroshige

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Scenes of Famous Places along the Tōkaidō Road “Fuchū”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Scenes of Famous Places along the Tōkaidō Road “Okazaki”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Scenes of Famous Places along the Tōkaidō Road “Yodo Gawa River”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Tōkaidō Road “Nihonbashi”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō “Kuwana”
Collection of Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art“Screens of Tōkaidō ”
Collection of Shizuoka city
“Onigawara-Mitsubaaoi” (Crest of the hollyhock mon pattern)Collection of Shizuoka city

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10th Anniversary of the Shizuoka City / Yui-chō Consolidation

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Scenes of Famous Places along the Tōkaidō Road “Fuchū”
Scenes of Famous Places along the Tōkaidō Road “Okazaki”
Scenes of Famous Places along the Tōkaidō Road “Yodo Gawa River”
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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 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】
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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