Title: Fudedamashii : sen no inryoku, iro no maryoku : Matabē kara Hokusai, Kuniyoshi made = The soul of the brush : the line's pull, the color's spell from Matabei to Hokusai and Kuniyoshi /
Authors: Naitō, Masato, 1963-; Sumida Hokusai Bijutsukan,
Year: 2021
Subjects: Ukiyoe Exhibitions; Painting, Japanese Exhibitions; Painting, Japanese Exhibitions; Painters Japan; Painters; Painting, Japanese Edo period; Painting, Japanese Meiji period; Ukiyoe; Japan
Abstract: This exhibition presents 125 brush-drawn paintings by more than sixty ukiyo-e artists. They include Iwasa Matabei, who is regarded as the precursor of ukiyo-e painters, Hishikawa Moronobu, the founder of ukiyo-e, plus Kitagawa Utamaro, Tōshūsai Sharaku, Katsushika Hokusai, and Utagawa Kuniyoshi. The abundance of works on display includes Important Cultural Properties, Important Works of Art, and about forty works being displayed for the first time, including newly discovered or rediscovered works. -- From museum website