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2025/3/25 - 2025/5/6 / 千葉県 佐倉市 / Other

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Venue National Museum of Japanese History
Address 285-8502 千葉県 佐倉市 城内町117
Date 2025/3/25 - 2025/5/6
Time 9:30 minute(s) - 17:00 minute(s)
[Time detail]

・ Admission until 16 ： 30
・ Closed on Mondays （ If Monday falls on a holiday, the museum is open and closed the following weekday ）

[Getting here]

By train】
・ 15 min. walk or 5 min. bus ride from Keisei Sakura Station on Keisei Electric Railway
・ 15 min. bus ride from Sakura Station on East Japan Railway
[By car]
・ 15 min. from Yotsukaido IC or Sakura IC on Higashi-Kanto Expressway, National Road Along Route 296 （ Free parking lot ）

[Venue detail]

National Museum of Japanese History Planning Exhibition Room A ・ B
117 Jonouchi-cho, Sakura-shi, Chiba

Web Access No.2501031

Special Exhibition "Nishiki-e Reflecting the Times － Ukiyo-e artists depicted the end of the Edo period ・ Meiji period －" (Japanese only)

Nishikie depicting various aspects of the turbulent period from the end of the Edo period to the early Meiji period are exhibited with an emphasis on their historical documentation ！.
Nishiki-e, a type of multicolor ukiyoe print established in the late Edo period (1603-1868), is recognized worldwide as a representative of Japanese art, achieving a high level of expression through its depictions of actors, beautiful women, and famous places. On the other hand, Nishiki-e also served as a medium for communicating events and fashions, thanks to its distribution through the countless number of ezo-shiya (picture book dealers) that existed throughout Edo (present-day Tokyo).
This media role rapidly strengthened in the late Edo period. Especially after the Tenpo Reforms, which led to the establishment of the caricature genre, some of the nishiki-e paintings of the world's affairs became major hits, surpassing the established genres such as yakusha-e (portrayals of actors) and bijinga (portrayals of beautiful women).
This exhibition presents nishiki-e depicting various aspects of the turbulent period from the late Edo period to the early Meiji period, including wars and upheavals such as the Boshin Senso (Boshin War), major earthquakes, epidemics, openings of temples and shrines that attracted many people, freak shows, and fads that drove people crazy, with an emphasis on the historical aspect of these works. The exhibition focuses on the historical aspects of these works. The publication control ordinances of the mid- late Edo period (1603-1867) prohibited the publication of works on topics and political events related to the shogunate and feudal lords, and a variety of expressions developed to circumvent the restrictions. This exhibition not only exhibits nishiki-e prints on the subject of the world's affairs in chronological order and by subject, but also introduces how they conveyed information to the public while using existing subjects as a cover.


Organized by Inter-University Research Institute for Humanities National Museum of Japanese History


[Admission]
¥1000 for adults ／ ¥500 for university students
*The general exhibition is also available.
*High school students and younger are admitted free.
*High school and university students must show their student ID.
（ The same applies to vocational school students and other students who are equivalent to high school and university students.
*Present the ticket stub and you can enter the Botanical Garden （ until 16 ： 00 ） on the same day.
Show the stub from the Botanical Garden and get a discount for the Museum on the same day.
https://www.rekihaku.ac.jp
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  • Posted : 2025/01/29
  • Published : 2025/02/01
  • Changed : 2025/01/29
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