Hiroshige: New Perspectives on Edo Japan

Why it is worth going

The Tokyo National Museum recently received 1,025 ukiyo-e prints from the collection of Uchiyama Susumu (1893–1980), a collector who built his holdings largely around Hiroshige, and this is the museum's first exhibition given wholly to the artist.¹ It runs in three parts, each hanging one series complete: The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road from 29 September to 25 October, The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kiso Road from 27 October to 23 November, and One Hundred Famous Views of Edo from 25 November to 20 December.¹ Every work changes between parts, so each visit shows different prints.¹ The prints are in exceptional condition, and bird-and-flower prints hang beside the landscapes.¹ The Honkan stays open until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, when the galleries are quieter.¹