The Japan Foundation Sydney is delighted to announce the upcoming landmark exhibition this July: the complete series of Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige’s Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Hoeido version). Twenty of the prints in the series will be accompanied with photos from the Taisho era (1912–26) and the present day of actual locations depicted during the Edo period (1603-1868). The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido contains many of Hiroshige’s most famous prints, and was the key to his artistic success.
This private collection of extremely high quality prints, remaining almost identical to their original condition, comes in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Sister City Relationship between Manly Council and Taito City, Tokyo.
“In bringing this exhibition, the Japan Foundation hopes to provide insight into the lives and history of ordinary people during the Edo period as well as providing a rare and exciting opportunity to engage with one of Japan’s most well-known art forms,” says the Director of the Japan Foundation Sydney, Nao Endo.
Japan Foundation Gallery
To August 9, 2012
Sydney
Mariko, 21st station from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, published 1833-34, Edo period, woodblock print