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The 250Th Anniversary of Hokusai's Birth: Masterpieces from the Honolulu Academy of Arts Term II List of Exhibits The 250th Anniversary of Hokusai's Birth: Masterpieces from the Honolulu Academy of Arts Term II List of Exhibits April 14 - June 17, 2012 Term I: April 14 - May 13 Term II: May 15 - June 17 Conservation of prints in this exhibition funded by the Robert F. Lange Foundation. Title Cat. No. Room 1・2 View of the Mitsui Stores at Surugachö in Edo, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 66 At Sea Off Kazusa, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 81 Under the Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 70 Cushion-Pine at Aoyama, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 72 Shimo-Meguro, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 74 Morning after Snow at Koishikawa, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 75 Sekiya Village on the Sumida River, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 77 Tsukuda Island in Musashi Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 80 Honganji Temple at Asakusa in Edo, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 68 Mount Fuji From Gotenyama at Shinagawa on the Tökaidö Road, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 83 Tama River in Musashi Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 84 Thunderstorm Beneath the Summit, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 64 Room 4 Shichirigahama Beach in Sagami Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 86 Umezawa-no-hidari in Sagami Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 89 The Lake at Hakone in Sagami Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 90 Mount Fuji from Kanaya on the Tökaidö Road, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 95 Tago-no-ura near Ejiri on the Tökaidö Road, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 94 Mount Fuji from the Tea Plantation of Katakura in Suruga Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 92 Yoshida on the Tökaidö Road, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 97 Kajikazawa in Kai Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 103 Dawn at Isawa in Kai Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 101 Reflection in Lake Misaka in Kai Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji 100 Suspension Bridge between Hida and Etchü, from the series Rare Views of Famous Bridges in All the Provinces 117 Ancient View of the Pontoon Bridge at Sano in Közuke Province, from the series Rare Views of Famous Bridges in All the Provinces 116 Bridges at the Mouth of the Aji River in Tenpözan in Settsu Province, from the series Rare Views of Famous Bridges in All the Provinces 121 Kintai Bridge in Suö Province, from the series Rare Views of Famous Bridges in All the Provinces 118 Tenma Bridge in Settsu Province, from the series Rare Views of Famous Bridges in All the Provinces 122 Emperor Tenji, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 143 Yamabe no Akahito, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 146 Chünagon Yakamochi, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 148 Ono no Komachi, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 150 Söjö Henjö, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 152 Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 154 Motoyoshi Shinnö, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 156 Teishinkö, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 158 Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 159 Funya no Asayasu, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 163 Önakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 165 Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 167 Dainagon Tsunenobu, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 169 Gonchünagon Fujiwara no Teika, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse 170 Title Cat. No. Room 5 Outing of a Young Man (Shönenkö), from the series True Mirrors of Poetry 133 Rihaku, from the series True Mirrors of Poetry 135 Harumichi no Tsuraki, from the series True Mirrors of Poetry 137 Minamoto no Töru, from the series True Mirrors of Poetry 140 Gathering Tokusa, from the series True Mirrors of Poetry 141 Kirifuri Waterfall on Mount Kurokami in Shimotsuke Province, from the series A Tour of Japanese Waterfalls 108 Kiyotaki Kannon Waterfall at Sakanoshita on the Tökaidö, from the series A Tour of Japanese Waterfalls 112 The Falls at Ono on the Kiso Road, from the series A Tour of Japanese Waterfalls 113 The Waterfall at Yoshino where Yoshitsune Washed His Horse, from the series A Tour of Japanese Waterfalls 106 Sacred Fountain at Jögaku, from the series Eight Views of the Ryükyü Islands 131 Clear Autumn Weather at Chökö, from the series Eight Views of the Ryükyü Islands 130 Voice of the Lake at Rinkai, from the series Eight Views of the Ryükyü Islands 126 Night Moon at Izumizaki, from the series Eight Views of the Ryükyü Islands 125 Room 6 The Actor Iwai Hanshirö in the role of Woman Servant Hatsu 11 The Actor Sawamura Söjürö in the role of Karaki Masaemon 9 Chinese Boys Pulling a Flower Cart 3 Saigyö Looking at Mount Fuji during a Pilgrimage 1 Turtles 29 Room 7 Hankai Invading the Party at Kömon Gate, from the series Newly Published Perspective Pictures 6 View of the Asakusa Kinryüzan Kanzeon Temple 5 Chüshingura, Act 4, from the series Newly Published Perspective Pictures 12 Act 11, from the series A Treasury of Loyalty 16 Yui, from the series Fifty Three Stations of the Tökaidö 19 Ejiri, from the series Fifty Three Stations of the Tökaidö 21 The Priest Kisen Höshi 18 Sumida, from the series Snow, Moon and Flowers 23 Yodo River, from the series Snow, Moon and Flowers 24 Yumura in Kai Province, from the series Rare Views of Famous Landscapes 36 Weeping Cherry and Bullfinch 31 Peonies and Butterfly 27 Kingfisher with Iris and Dianthuses 32 Hokusai Manga Ⅰ 49 Hokusai Manga Ⅳ 52 Hokusai Manga Ⅵ 54 Hokusai Manga Ⅷ 56 Hokusai Manga Ⅸ 57 Nihonbashi, from the series The Stations of the Tökaidö 40 Visual Parody of the Buddhist Ritual for Releasing Living Things (Höjöe) Conducted by Yoritomo 43 A Mother and Children Enjoying Goldfish Scooping 45 Beautiful Ladies at the Pier 47 Visit to the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine 39 Daikoku Lifting a Rice Bale 48 Crossing a River on a Ferry 60 Room 3 Letter by Kobori Enshū Edo period, 17th C. Water jar, Shibugami-de type, Seto ware, named "Takara-ga-ike", with a seal mark by Sōtan Momoyama-Edo period, 17th C. Tea bowl, Hakuan type, named "Kaguyama" Edo period, 17th C. Tea container with phoenix design, by Sōtetsu I 1687 Bamboo tea scoop, named "Wakaba", by Kobori Gonjūrō Edo period, 17th C. We are very happy that we can commemorate the 250th anniversary of Katsushika Hokusai's birth through presenting this exhibition which features the Hokusai collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, worldly famous for its Eastern Art collection, that has been lent for the first time outside the Academy. Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, which are best known examples of Edo- period art, comprise a precious Japanese cultural heritage the Japanese people love and be proud of. Besides being beautiful works of art in themselves, they are well known for their influence on French Impressionists and other Western artists and their role in bringing about great artistic innovations in the subsequent decades. Due to this influence, their artistic value came to be recognized much earlier in Europe and America than in Japan, and with the rise of Japonism in the late 19th century, many collections of ukiyo-e were built in many parts of the world. It is believed that the first pieces of ukiyo-e that caught the attention of Western artists and triggered the widespread innovative influence of these Japanese prints were Hokusai Manga, which were called “Hokusai's Sketches” by Western artists, and Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. As is well known, the core of the ukiyo-e collection at the Honolulu Academy of Arts is made up of the roughly 5,400 works, which are impressive in both quality and quantity, that have been donated by Mr. James A. Michener, the author of Tales of the South Pacific, on which the musical South Pacific was based. From this collection, several exhibitions have been held in Japan mainly of best pieces of Utagawa Hiroshige. But it has not been widely known here that this same collection also includes a strategically built, large body of Katsushika Hokusai's works. This exhibition attempts to reexamine the great achievement of Hokusai through presenting the whole career of Hokusai, an artist with an endlessly inquisitive mind whose creativity spanned a very wide range of styles, in its whole seven decades from his debut at age 20 to the latest work, Surveying a Region, created at age 89. It is made up of two sections:The first section gives an overview of his career through a historical presentation of his works from each period, and includes valuable privately produced prints, paintings, and works that are publicly shown for the first time. The second section features six important print series: 44 prints from Hokusai's best known work Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, 11 from Rare Views of Famous Bridges in All the Provinces, 8 from A Tour of Japanese Waterfalls, 8 from Eight Views of the Ryu-kyu-Islands, 10 from True Mirrors of Poetry, and 27 from One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse.
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