We will hold a special exhibition to

Our Finest NewAcquisitions: A Select 50, Chosen by Our Curators

on view from 15th September -8th November 2020

Under the Wave off Kanagawa, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (1st term)

Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd. Collection, Deposited in The Sumida Hokusai Museum

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Since 1989, Sumida City, Tokyo, has been collecting a wide range of works related to Hokusai and his pupils. The collection is now quite varied, ranging from Hokusai’s iconic Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series to rare brush-drawn paintings, unique items that only The Sumida Hokusai Museum owns.

This exhibition displays fifty works that our curators have chosen from among the brush-drawn paintings, prints, and woodblock-printed books acquired since the our museum opened in 2016. Many are being exhibited for the first time. We hope that the exhibition will be an opportunity to experience anew Hokusai’s fascination and his impact. Please enjoy these masterworks by Hokusai and his pupils.

Exhibition Highlights !

From the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. It is even among the 46 prints from the series, the most famous three works!

Nishiki-e (multi-colored woodblock printing): From the series, One Hundred Poems Explained by a Nurse

One Hundred Poems Explained by a Nurse was Hokusai’s last series in the large ōban format. In it, he provided visual interpretations of the poems in the One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets anthology in an easy-to-understand manner, as if a nurse was explaining them to children.

Abe no Nakamaro, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by a Nurse (1st term)

*Katsushika Hokusai The Sumida Hokusai Museum Collection

Woodblock print books: Sketches by Hokusai

Sketches by Hokusai consisting of 15th volume is Hokusai's representative book of drawing manuals, and it is known today throughout the world as Hokusai Sketch. It covered as many as 3,900 patterns, for example, people, animals, plants, landscapes, many and various. His excellent sketching ability also influenced the French Impressionists.

Sketches by Hokusai, Vol. 1 (Full term *Page change for each term)

*Katsushika Hokusai The Sumida Hokusai Museum Collection

Exhibition Overview

◆Exhibition title: Our Finest New Acquisitions: A Select 50, Chosen by Our Curators

◆Term: 15th Sep -8th Nov

　　　　1 Term：[Tue] 15th September – [Sun] 11th October

              2 Term：[Tue] 13th October – [Sun] 8th November

◆Hours: 9:30-17:30 (last admission 17:00)

◆Closed: Every Monday The following day if it is a national holiday.　　

◆Website: https://hokusai-museum.jp/shinshuzo/

◆Contact: The Sumida Hokusai Museum

Public relation promotion group: Hayashi, Noda, Nakahara

E-Mail：hm-pr@hokusai-museum.jp

◆Organizers: Sumida City, The Sumida Hokusai Museum

The Sumida Hokusai Museum measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19

Requests of visitors for cooperation on COVID-19 infection prevention

1. We will carry out temperature measurements before entering the museum. Please refrain from visiting if you have a cough, sore throat, fever, fatigue, etc.

2. Please disinfect your hands and fingers when entering the building. We have an alcohol disinfectant at the entrance of the building.

3. Please do not touch the display case in the exhibition room.

4. Please refrain from talking in the exhibition room.

5. You can touch by hand the touch screen panel and the wood-block printed books on the 4th floor AURORA (permanent exhibition room) and permanent exhibition room plus. Please disinfect your hands and fingers before and after viewing them.

5. Please wearing a mask.

6. Please cover your mouth with a mask, handkerchief, tissue, etc. when coughing or sneezing.

7. The passengers in the elevator are limited to 2 people. However, families and caregivers can use it together.

Our efforts to prevent coronavirus infection.

1. The space used by customers has already been disinfected. Water and alcohol cannot be used in some of the display cases, the only dry wipe is carried out.

2. Handrails, elevator buttons, toilet-handle, and tap, are disinfected several times a day.

3. Our staff at the museum who come in contact with customers, wear masks.

4. We have installed a virus splash prevention panel at the reception/museum shop.

5. To keep a good environment in the building, we may restrict admission, and the staff speaks to the customer to call attention.

6. MARUGEN100 (lecture room) and Library: continuing to be closed.

7. We do not accept new reservations for the use of MARUGEN100 (lecture room) and group viewing.

*Please check the Sumida Hokusai Museum's official website for details before visiting.