Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World

The “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World” centered around the U.S. premier of Ukiyo-e materpieces from the Edoardo Chiossone Museum’s collection. The exhibition featured 53 paintings and woodblock prints by the masters of ukiyo-e, including original works by Hokusai, Hiroshige and their contemporaries, and 17 handcrafted objects.

The Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World exhibition also brought 17th-century Japan to life through meticulously crafted recreations, immersive experiences, and historical exhibits.

image: Utagawa Kunimasa: The Actor Nakamura Nakazō II as Matsuōmaru in the wagon-stopping scene from the drama “Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami;” Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ōban, 1796. Photo Courtesy Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art of Genoa.