TFAM invites elementary school students to view Ukiyo-e exhibition

On June 6, 2026, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum invited students from Hachioji Municipal Toyo Elementary School to the museum as part of its community outreach initiative promoting art appreciation, especially among young people (photo). The visit began with the children, accompanied by their families and elementary school teachers from Hachioji and neighboring areas, exploring the museum’s “The Reviving Spirit of Ukiyo-e—From the Meiji Era Kaika-e to Shin-hanga” exhibition.

The children then moved to a display of the tools and processes used to produce the print; later, with the aim of encouraging them to observe the works more closely, they were asked to match a portion of a print found on a worksheet to the actual print itself. They also viewed a high-resolution reproduction of “Sliding Doors with Design of Wind God and Thunder God,” a pair of 19th-century fusuma sliding door panels measuring 9.5 meters across.

The exhibition features Ukiyo-e from the museum’s collection drawing largely on works donated by Ukiyo-e collector Kazuyoshi Kanbe and is organized into three segments, including representative pieces of the Meiji era (1868-1912) and successor shin-hanga “new prints.”