Date: October 13th (Friday) – November 30th (Thursday), 2023
Art Aquarium Museum GINZA (location/Ginza Mitsukoshi) will be holding an ukiyo-e exhibition for a limited time from October 13th (Friday) to November 30th (Thursday), as part of a special autumn project titled “Genius Painter Kuniyoshi Utagawa and Edo Pop Art.'' It will be held in the area.
In this special exhibition, we will display 36 works by Kuniyoshi Utagawa, a popular ukiyo-e artist from the Edo period who is known as a genius.We will introduce you to ukiyo-e, a traditional Japanese art that has continued since the Edo period, and the charm of the artist Kuniyoshi. .
You can view it in the exhibition space set up at the end of the Art Aquarium Museum, so please enjoy this exhibition after enjoying the art of living and goldfish art.
・Anthropomorphic goldfish drawn by Kuniyoshi? ! will introduce you to Ukiyo-e works!
In this special exhibition, an anthropomorphic goldfish from the work “Bonbon'' from the Goldfish Series will pop out to guide you through the exhibition. Even those who don't usually appreciate or have little interest in ukiyo-e can easily enjoy Edo pop art, so please take this opportunity to experience traditional Japanese art that has continued since the Edo period. please look.
●Bonbon <br /> Among Kuniyoshi's works, the popular series “Kingyo Zukushi'' depicts anthropomorphic goldfish enjoying the lives of people in Edo.
“Bonbon'', one of the “Kingyo Zukushi'' series, is a work that expresses the seasonal play of Obon, where children walk while holding hands and singing “Bonbon songs.'' The world where goldfish are anthropomorphized is interestingly expressed in even the smallest details, such as the fans held by the goldfish being turned into scooping nets and the algae in the water being made to look like willows.
A goldfish with a scooping net will serve as the navigator for this exhibition, guiding you through Kuniyoshi's ukiyo-e prints in an interesting and fun way.
・Not just goldfish! Kuniyoshi's cat works, monster paintings, and landscape paintings will also be exhibited.
The Utagawa Kuniyoshi Collection, a permanent exhibit, displays paintings of goldfish and carp from Kuniyoshi's works, but in this project, Kuniyoshi, who is said to be a cat lover, will also display works depicting cats, monster paintings, and landscape paintings. We will also exhibit it. Please enjoy Edo pop art typical of Kuniyoshi, which shines through the dynamic screen compositions and unique perspectives and ideas of an artist known as a genius.
●Speaking of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, cats!
Kuniyoshi is known as a big cat lover. We will also exhibit works with cats as their theme. The works drawn by cat-loving artists are full of ingenuity down to the smallest details! Please take your time to admire each cat one by one and pay attention to Kuniyoshi's humorous expressions.
〈Work〉“Fashionable cat song Temari”
●Awful and cute⁈ Yokai paintings from Kuniyoshi's world <br />Stories featuring youkai, ghosts, ghosts, etc. were very popular themes among the people of Edo. In Kuniyoshi's hands, these “scary'' monsters are rendered both funny and cute. Please enjoy this free idea in your monster paintings.
〈Work〉“Evening coolness of monsters outside Hokkaido”
●Landscape paintings depicting the lives of people in Edo <br />We will exhibit 9 works out of Kuniyoshi's series of Western-style landscape paintings, 5 paintings of “Tokyo XX'' and 10 “Tokyo Famous Places''. Please take a look at the pop art of the Edo period, which draws attention to the lives of the people of Edo, using Western perspective and unique expression methods.
<Work> "Tsukudashima, a famous place in the eastern capital"
・Goods from the Ukiyo-e collection are also on sale at the museum shop!
The museum shop also sells original goods from the Utagawa Kuniyoshi Ukiyo-e collection.
Goods from “Bonbon'', which guides you through “the genius painter Kuniyoshi Utagawa and Edo Pop Art,'' are also very popular.
·Equipment outline
Facility name ART AQUARIUM MUSEUM GINZA (English name: ART AQUARIUM MUSEUM GINZA)
Admission fee
WEB ticket 2,300 yen https://ticket.artaquarium.jp/
Same-day ticket: 2,500 yen (same-day ticket sold on the 9th floor of Ginza Mitsukoshi New Building)
Location Ginza Mitsukoshi New Building 8th floor (entrance is on the 9th floor) (4-6-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
Access: Directly connected to Ginza Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Marunouchi Line, and Hibiya Line; 5-minute walk from Ginza-itchome Station (Exit 9) on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line; Higashi-Ginza Station on the Toei Asakusa Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line 2 minute walk from Ginza Station via underground passage 9 minute walk from JR Yurakucho Station (Central Exit/Ginza Exit)
business hours
10:00-19:00 (subject to change)
Closed days Same as Ginza Mitsukoshi's closed days (in addition, it may be closed irregularly due to maintenance etc.)
Please check the official website for details)
Official website
http://artaquarium.jp/
Official SNS
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Instagram https://www.instagram.com/artaquarium_tm_official/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/artaquariumofficial
*Official account has been moved
Please note: Strollers and pets are not allowed to enter.
There are no lockers for your luggage.
Sponsored by AQUA ART RELATIONS Co., Ltd.
Planning and production: Amuseum Parks Co., Ltd.
Operated by Amuseum Parks Co., Ltd.
Cooperating Mitsukoshi Isetan Co., Ltd. Ginza Mitsukoshi
[Art Aquarium Production Committee] From press release
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