The Ukiyo-e Sugoroku board game and Seven Deities of Good Luck
Introduction of the Exhibition
Ukiyo-e was utilized in innumerable ways to entertain the commoners of Edo. The Ukiyo-e Sugoroku board game was the prototype of Sugoroku board game of today and in Edo period they were produced in different ways, often with a practical beauty. Also, the ‘Seven Deities of Good Luck’ were familiar to the people of Edo, and were depicted in countless Ukiyo-e pictures. This exhibition introduces various types of Ukiyo-e Sugoroku board game and the Ukiyo-e pictures of all Seven Deities of Good Luck beginning with Benzaiten.
53 Stations of the Toukaido
Ejiri:BeautBeauties with the Views of Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou
Fujisawa-syuku
Shichiriga-hama at Sagami Provience
Enoshima Island
The Seven Deities of Good Luck Riding on a Ship Carrying Treasures
Spacial exhibition
The Sugoroku Board Game;Detailed Pictures of Famous place and specialties of Post Stations of the Toukaidou Highway with Poems by Actors related to each Post Stations