From Hokusai to Hiroshige: Grand Masters of Ukiyo-e Art Opens in Brazil

The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum opened the “From Hokusai to Hiroshige: Grand Masters of Ukiyo-e” exhibition at The Oscar Niemeyer Museum in Curitiba, Brazil on June 20.

This year marks the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Brazil and Japan and the centennial anniversary of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in the state of Paraná. The art exhibition was among the public events celebrating the occasion.

Seventy woodblock prints from TFAM collection, including the most iconic Ukiyo-e woodblock prints such as Katsushika Hokusai’s “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” and Utagawa Hiroshige’s “Fifty-three Stations on the Tokaido,” were exhibited.

The opening ceremony—which began with an orchestral performance, followed by a message from Daisaku Ikeda, who founded TFAM—was attended by Governor of Paraná Paulino Viapiana. Other speakers at the event were its Kenichi Hirano, director of the Curatorial Department; Director-President and CEO of the Oscar Niemeyer Museum; Juliana Vosnika; and Congressman Luiz Nishimori.

In closing, the governor expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the holding of the exhibition. Sharing his hopes for the exhibition’s success, he remarked that the appreciation of art is at the essence of our humanity. TFAM secretariat Hiromasa Ikeda took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony.