Second-Generation Gathering: The Tales of Successors Utamaro II, Toyokuni II, Hiroshige II, Kunisada II
Exhibition Contents
Did you know that some artists were permitted to assume the names of famous ukiyo-e artists such as Utagawa Hiroshige and Utagawa Toyokuni? This exhibition introduces the painting of “second-generation” artists such as Hiroshige II and Toyokuni II, who took on their master’s names through shumei, a practice common in the Edo Period. Their works depicting Enoshima and Fujisawa-shuku will also be introduced.
The series Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Corner
Fujisawa: Oiwake-michi (The Road with a Fork), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Toukaidou Highway”
Fujisawa Inn Corner
“Sunlight on a Hazy Morning at Enoshima Island,” from the series “Eight Views of Scenic Places”
Enoshima Corner
View of Enoshima Island
Special Exhibition Corner
Hakone, from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Highway by Two Brushes”