Appreciating Ukiyo-e Art Through the Eyes of Ojisan
The Ota Memorial Museum of Art will display a new ukiyo-e exhibition themed around ojisan, or middle-aged men.
In the corners of traditional landscape artworks, intriguing ojisan figures can often be spotted. The exhibit highlights these characters’ charming individuality that helps to also convey the personalities of the artists creating them. With over 150 works, the exhibition bringing together works by artists of different styles and eras — including Utagawa Hiroshige, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Kuniyoshi and Kobayashi Kiyochika — for a true “ojisan festival.”
The exhibit will be displayed in two periods, with the first from January 6 to February 1, and the second from February 5 to March 1. The museum will be closed on January 26 and February 2-4, 9, 16 and 24.
A talk event hosted by the exhibit curator will also be open for visitors to join at the museum’s audiovisual room on January 30, February 13 and February 18 at 10:50. Up to 50 visitors may attend each session. Numbered tickets will be distributed at the museum reception from 10:30. To participate, please request a talk event ticket when purchasing your exhibition admission ticket.
