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Open now5:35 left before closing time 17:00
Sunday 9:00-17:00
Tuesday 9:00-17:00
Wednesday 9:00-17:00
Thursday 9:00-17:00
Friday 9:00-17:00
Saturday 9:00-17:00
Opening hours : 9:00 a.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. (admission until 30 minutes before closing)
Closed:Open every Monday (if Monday is a national holiday, closed on the following weekday), year-end and New Year's holidays (12/28 - 1/4)

静岡市東海道広重美術館

The Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art is the first museum in Japan named after the Edo period ukiyoe artist ・ Hiroshige Utagawa ( 1797-1858 ).

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The Hiroshige Museum of Tokaido Art History ・ Overview

In 1994, the museum opened in Yui Honjin Park, the former site of the main camp of Yuijuku, a post town on the Tokaido Highway, named after the Edo period ukiyoe artist ・ Hiroshige Utagawa ( 1797-1858 ). It is the first art museum in Japan named after Utagawa Hiroshige 1797-1858 .

The collection includes Hiroshige's representative Tokaido series, "Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no nouchi" ( Tokaido in Hoeido version ), "Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi" ( Tokaido in clerical script ), "Tokaido Gojusan-tsugi no nouchi" ( Tokaido in running script ), and his late masterpiece The exhibition also includes approximately 1,400 masterpieces of landscape prints, such as the masterpiece "Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred Famous Views of Edo)" from his later years.

In order to allow visitors to fully enjoy the splendor of Ukiyo-e art from a constantly renewed perspective, the museum will hold a variety of special exhibitions, changing exhibits every month, focusing on items in the collection.
In addition, related events such as lectures and gallery talks will be held from time to time.

The museum has "Large Exhibition Hall" and "Small Exhibition Hall" as well as "Basic Knowledge of Ukiyo-e" and "Guidance Room". In the entrance hall, there is a "Print Experience Corner" where visitors can learn about the art of Ukiyo-e printmaking in an easy-to-understand manner. The Museum Shop is a place where visitors can purchase original works of art and learn about the history and culture of the Edo period. Original goods are also available at the Museum Shop.

Shizuoka City Museum of Tokaido Hiroshige Art
297-1 Yui, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 421-3103, Japan
TEL: 054-375-4454
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